Consider the following heating reactions of dicarboxylic acids, 2 H OOC ( C H 2 ) x COO H , where the number of methylene groups between the COO H groups, i.e., x , varies from 1 to 5: X = Number

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Consider the following heating reactions of dicarboxylic acids, $2 H OOC (C H_{2})_{x} COO H$ , where the number of methylene groups between the $COO H$ groups, i.e., $x$ , varies from 1 to 5:

$X$ = Number of reactions in which one of the products is $C O_{2}$ .

$Y$ = Number of reactions in which one of the products is $H_{2} O$ .

$Z$ = Number of reactions in which the product contains both $C O_{2}$ and $H_{2} O$ .

Calculate $X + Y - Z$ .

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X = 3 , Y = 4 , Z = 2

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