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Alkanes are ‘saturated’ hydrocarbons. What types of bonds do they contain?Single C-C bonds and double C=H bondsDouble C=C bonds and single C-H bondsDouble C=C bonds and double C=H bondsSingle C-C bonds and single C-H bonds

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Alkanes are ‘saturated’ hydrocarbons. What types of bonds do they contain?Single C-C bonds and double C=H bondsDouble C=C bonds and single C-H bondsDouble C=C bonds and double C=H bondsSingle C-C bonds and single C-H bonds

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Alkanes are 'saturated' hydrocarbons. This means they contain only single bonds. Therefore, they contain single C-C (carbon-carbon) bonds and single C-H (carbon-hydrogen) bonds. So, the correct answer is "Single C-C bonds and single C-H bonds".

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