What is the relationship between maintaining homeostasis and reaching chemical equilibrium with the environment for a living cell? Select one: a. a cell needs to maintain homeostasis in order to perpetually keep itself out of chemical equilibrium b. a cell needs to maintain homeostasis in order to achieve chemical equilibrium c. a cell needs to maintain chemical equilibrium in order to maintain homeostasis d. maintaining homeostasis and achieving chemical equilibrium are the same thing e. there is no relationship between these concepts