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Answer
On the classical accounting, 38 ATP: 2 from glycolysis in the cytoplasm, 2 from the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix and 34 from oxidative phosphorylation on the inner mitochondrial membrane.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
The commonly quoted modern figure is 30 to 32, because transporting NADH into the mitochondrion has a cost.
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