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omplete the following statement: A catalyst a. increases the activation energy. b. alters the reaction mechanism. c. increases the average kinetic energy of the reactants. d. increases the concentration of reactants. e. increases the collision frequency of reactant molecules.

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catalyst helps the reaction by introducing alternative pathway that has lower activation energy

hence the correct answer is B
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