Answer:
D) both a and c are correct
Step-by-step explanation:
The reaction rate is a measure of the speed of a chemical reaction. The factors that affects the rate of a chemical reaction are itemised below:
- Nature of the reactants
- Concentration of the reactants or pressure(if gaseous)
- Temperature
- Presence of catalyst
- Sunlight
Our concern here is temperature. Temperature affects a reaction considerably. Average kinetic energy is directly proportional to the temperature of the reacting particles. When the temperature of a reacting system is increase, the frequency of ordinary and effective collisions per unit time increases. A decrease in temperature implies that the number of collisions also decreases.