The most energy-efficient form of transportation in the animal kingdom is a human on a bicycle. A basic physics principle that helps explain the bicycle's high efficiency is
A) the law of inertia.
B) the electromagnetic force law.
C) the work-energy principle.
D) the law of conservation of energy.
E) the law of gravity.
A
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