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Does simple describe theory, a law or both

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A theory does not change into a scientific law with the accumulation of new or better evidence

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laws and theories are two different types of scientific facts. A scientific theory cannot become a scientific fact, just as no explanation (theory) could ever become a description (law)

laws describe what will happen in a given situation as demonstrable by a mathematical equation, whereas theories describe how the phenomenon happens.

A theory does not change into a scientific law with the accumulation of new or better evidence. Remember, theories are explanations and laws are patterns we see in large amounts of data, frequently written as an equation.

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