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In the food chain, when the number of primary consumers increases, the number of secondary consumers:

a.) decreases
b.) increases
c.) stays the same
d.) none of the above

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Increases. With more food available for the secondary consumers, theres less competition for food. This means the secondary consumers can breed successfully with high chance of offspring survival
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