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A mite is a tiny organism that may ride on top of an insect, such as a beetle, in order to move quickly from place to place. The relationship between the mite and the beetle would be an example of commensalism if

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This can only be if the mite is not harming the beetle in any way, and the beetle is unaffected. Unaffected meaning it isn't negatively or positively impacted.

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the answer is the beetle is neither harmed nor helped by the mite.

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