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Roger went on a diet a few months before wrestling season. Through careful eating and daily exercise, he lost eight pounds of fat in two months. What happened to the "weight" or biomass that Roger lost?

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B) It was converted to energy and used up.

The biomass was converted into ATP to be used as the source of energy. Hence, tn the presence of oxygen, one glucose molecule has the energy to make up to 38 ATP. The ATP production is determined by the following steps, (-2 ATP) glycolysis preparatory phase, (7-9 ATP) glycolysis pay-off phase, (5 ATP) oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate and (20 ATP) Krebs cycle. One glucose which has 38 ATP hence was the summation of all the process mentioned that took place. All these process take place under the cellular function of cellular respiration.
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