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(a) The structure of amino acid is simply a carbon atom carrying a hydrogen, a R- group , a -NH3+ group and a -COO--COO- group. Taking example of alanine (a diprotic amino acid), the whole part is explained as: (The ions are in the form of H+)
(b) Amino acid with equal number of ions means charge is zero i.e. it is in zwitterionic form. The question is explained here: