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Which of the following is most likely to happen when a plate carrying oceanic crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?

A. The denser oceanic plate gradually sinks into the mantle and melts.
B. The less dense continental plate gradually sinks into the mantle and melts.
C. Both the oceanic and the continental plates sink into the mantle and melt.
D. The plates collide and mantle convection stops.

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ASAP here you go It's A

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