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Deer consume 10,000 kg of grass per month, and their secondary production is 2,000 kg per month. if their assimilation efficiency is 50%, what is their production efficiency?

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Assimilation efficiency quantifies the ratio between the organism's used energy for growth and production of new cells and tissues, and others. 

We let x be the amount of substance assimilated. 

                          AE = x / 10,000

From the given, AE is equal to 0.5. Substituting,

                          0.5 = x/10,000
                              x = 5,000

Production efficiency on the other hand is the ratio of the amount of substance used for production compared to the assimilation. Mathematically,
 
                                       PE = 2,000 / x = 2,000/5,000

                                             PE = 0.4

This is equivalent to a percentage of 40%.