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what happens when a cell is confronted with a decrease in work demands?
cell dies.
energy expenditure increases.
cell size increases.
cell becomes smaller.

Explanation:

When a cell's work demands decrease, it undergoes atrophy. Atrophy is a process where the cell reduces its size and metabolic activity to match the lower workload. This is an energy - efficient adaptation. Cell death (apoptosis or necrosis) occurs under different circumstances like damage or programmed cell death signals, not just a decrease in work. An increase in energy expenditure would be counter - intuitive when work demands are lower. And an increase in cell size (hypertrophy) occurs when work demands increase, not decrease.

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Cell becomes smaller.