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Digestive tract. Amylase concentration at 23.9 units. Starch broken down 10.76 g/min, Trial rate 5.4 g/min. Currently starch broken down is over by 5.364 g/min.TUNINGSTARCH BROKEN DOWNTRIAL RATE23.9 UNITS
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Starch broken down

10.76g/min

Trial rate

5.4g/min

23.9 units

Digestive tract. Amylase concentration at 23.9 units. Starch broken down 10.76 g/min, Trial rate 5.4 g/min. Currently starch broken down is over by 5.364 g/min.

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What is happening

You are called to a nutrition lab modelling starch breakdown in the small intestine.

The trial is running below rate. It requires 5.4 g of starch broken down per minute, each unit of amylase manages 0.45 g, and the enzyme concentration set is too low.