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Mitosis occurs in living things when a cell divides to produce two cells. Compared to the original cell, how many chromosomes are in each of the resulting cells?

A.The same number
B.Twice as many
C.Half as many
D.An unpredictable number

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A

Step-by-step explanation:

After mitosis, two identical cells are produced with the same original number of chromosomes of the parent's cell. In this case, if a cell has 24 chromosomes, each daughter cell will have 24 chromosomes after mitosis

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