A Racemic Mixture Is an Equal Mixture of Enantiomers and Therefore

question 58

True/False

A racemic mixture is an equal mixture of enantiomers and therefore is optically active.

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Intercept

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Least-Squares Regression

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Sum Of Squares

A statistical measure that quantifies the variation or dispersion of a set of data points, by calculating the sum of the squared differences from the mean.

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