After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.
Your first big biology exam is coming up in a few days, and in order to prepare for late-night study sessions, you buy a box of Yummies, a delicious type of snack cake. After checking out the nutrition facts label on the side of the box, you discover that a single Yummie cake contains 4.5 grams of total fat, 27 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, and 1 gram of protein.
After eating a Yummie cake, which of the following metabolic processes is likely occurring at the fastest rate?
◦ dehydration reactions involving fatty acids
◦ hydrolysis of glycogen
◦ dehydration reactions involving glucose
◦ hydrolysis of cellulose