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Organism A eats 5 kcal of food each day. It uses 1.5 kcal for respiration, 0.5 kcal for biomass gain and 1 kcal is egested. Organism B also eats 5 kcal each day. It uses 2 kcal for respiration, 1 kcal for biomass gain and 1.5 kcal is egested. Which organism is more Effective?

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The answer is organism B
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