A tennis player serving the ball uses fast muscle fibers. The ATP needed to accomplish this comes from

A) anaerobic fermentation.
B) aerobic respiration.
C) conversion of lactic acid to ATP.
D) conversion of Ca2+ to ATP.


Answer: A

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