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Question
Glycolysis is a process ___________.
Options
in which glycogen is broken down into glucose
which occurs in mitochondria
in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate
that occurs next to the Krebs cycle
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Solution
Glycolysis is a process in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate.
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