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    Lactic Acid: Understanding Its Carboxylic Acid Functional Group
    Lactic acid belongs to the carboxylic acid functional group.

    Here's why:

    * Carboxylic acids are organic compounds characterized by the presence of the carboxyl group (-COOH).

    * Lactic acid has the following structure: CH3CH(OH)COOH.

    * You can clearly see the carboxyl group (-COOH) present in the structure.

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