Astudent gets a cut on his hand. within a week, the cut has healed and there is little evidence of the original injury. what can we assume about the cells surrounding the cut? (a) mitosis has occurred, where healthy eukaryotic cells divide to form new cells. (b) binary fission has occurred, allowing the injured prokaryotic cells to repair and grow. (c) the remaining cells grew and reproduced asexually through binary fission. (d) the injured eukaryotic cells healed, repaired, and grew through mitosis.