Tethering Question (Wifi, Bluetooth, and USB)

I have an iPhone 5 and am able to tether my LTE/3G connection to other devices. When I enable tethering, devices can get connected via Wifi, Bluetooth, or USB. Let's say I use my MacBook Pro to connect to all of those at once (so now the MacBook Pro is connected to the internet via Wifi, Bluetooth, AND USB). Does it use one of them over the others or does it use all of them at once to provide the fastest speeds?

Does it use one of them over the others or does it use all of them at once to provide the fastest speeds?
As has been pointed out above the Internet connection is provided by the phone through the carrier so even if the Mac did connect using all three connections, USB, WiFi and Bluetooth they would all be combined into one connection once in the phone and out to the net so there would be no speed advantage, the phine and internet connection would be the bottleneck.
In fact it is possible the speed would be lower as the phone would have to contend with the 3 connections into it.

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