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Which statement best describes how changing the temperature of a solution

affects the rate of reaction?
A. Increasing the temperature of a solution increases the
concentration of the reactants.
B. Decreasing the temperature of a solution increases the rate of
reaction.
C. Increasing the temperature of a solution increases the rate of
reaction.
D. Decreasing the temperature of a solution increases the
concentration of the reactants.

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C. increasing the temperature of a solution increases the rate of reaction.

This is because increasing the temperature gives particles more kinetic energy, thus resulting in more effective collisions.
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