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Lorico [155]
4 years ago
9

Which carbohydrate can be used by the body as an immediate source of energy?

Biology
2 answers:
Ilia_Sergeevich [38]4 years ago
4 0
I would say glucose
lara31 [8.8K]4 years ago
4 0

the answer is glucose. i just took the test :)

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