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[A]: The driving force for passive absor...

[A]: The driving force for passive absorption is non metabolic in origin.
[R]: The driving force for active absorption is energy derived from the metabolic pro- cesses.

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If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

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If A is true and R is false

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If both A and R are false

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