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A truck driver is transporting a load of unripened avocados in an air-tight vehicle and decides to stop and eat an apple after checking on his cargo. He opens the back of his truck, which exposes the avocados to fresh air. While walking around the unripened avocados, he decides the apple he is eating is overripe and drops it amongst the avocados. When the avocados are finally delivered days later, he is surprised to find that all of his avocados have ripened.Why has this occurred?