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Which statement best explains why meiosis produces haploid cells rather than diploid cells?

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Meiosis produces haploid cells rather than diploid cells because they need to make gametes (egg, and sperm cell) for reproduction. 
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Haploid cells join to form an organism that has a complete set of chromosomes. b is the answer.

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