What is the best explanation for what happens to the food's mass and energy when it is consumed by the pygmy shrew? A. The mass is mostly excreted as waste. The energy is burned up and destroyed by the pygmy shrew's high rate of cellular respiration. B. The mass is all used for creating new mass in growth. The energy is stored, used in cellular respiration, or lost to the environment as heat. C. The mass is used for growth, stored, or excreted as waste. The energy is stored, used in cellular respiration, and lost to the environment as heat. D. The mass is used for growth, stored, or excreted as waste. The energy is burned up and destroyed by the shrew's high rate of cellular respiration. Group of answer choices

the electromagnetic energy from the sun arrives in the form of visible and invisible light.

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the statement that f(x) = |x+a| + b has exactly one x-intercept is sometimes correct.

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it solely depends on b, whether the function will have one or two or zero x intercept.

this plot of the given function, f(x) = |x+a| + b will be the basic absolute value graph i.e v shape, with vertex translated to (-a, b), instead of origin.

1-   if b is zero, the graph will have exactly one x-intercept, at x= -a

2- if b is positive, the whole graph will be above the x-axis, hence it will have no x-intercepts.

3- if b is negative, the graph will be below the x-axis, hence it will have two x-intercepts.

∴ the statement is sometimes true.