Asked by logan

Use the phylogenetic tree to the right to determine which statement below is true.

Organisms A and F are not related.

Organism E is more closely related to organism B than organism F.

Organisms C and D are more closely related than organisms A and B.
A phylogenetic tree is shown. Line F contains branches A, B, C, and E. D branches off of C.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The true statement is: "Organism E is more closely related to organism B than organism F."

Reason: E and B share a more recent common ancestor on the tree than either does with F. Statement 1 is false (all organisms on the tree are related via common ancestry). Statement 3 is not supported by the tree’s branching pattern.