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When your cells use fat for energy, the fatty acids are broken up into molecules of acetyl CoA. Predict how many ATP can be made from one molecule of acetyl CoA if oxygen is present. Show your work.
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When your cells use fat for energy, the fatty acids are broken up into molecules of acetyl CoA. Predict how many ATP can be made from one molecule of acetyl CoA if oxygen is present. Show your work.

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Answer: Suppose that each fatty acid in a certain fat can make 9 molecules of acetyl CoA. Predict how many ATP can be made from the fatty acids in this fat. This would make 27 acetyl CoA, and therefore would make 27 ATP

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