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How many total ATP and H₂O (from the electron transport chain) can be formed from a single molecule of acetyl-CoA that enters the citric acid cycle assume a fully functional mitochondria capable of oxidative phosphorylation and the presence of sufficient O₂?
Note: ignore any H₂ used or made by reactions of the ciltric acid cycle.
A) 30 ATP and 82 H₂O
B) 15 ATP and 4 H₂O
C) 10 ATP and 4 H₂O
D) 10 ATP and 2 H₂O
E) 10 ATP and 10 H₂O