Answer:
A. to test a hypothesis, demonstrate a fact or make a
discovery through a general procedure
Step-by-step explanation:
This is because experiments are very fundamental.
The way it tests the accuracy of a hypothesis is by simply following the steps. If the result is accurate to the hypothesis, then the hypothesis's evidence is the experiment.
The way it demonstrates a fact is by showing it works.
An example of how it allows the making of discovery is when scientists discovered that an atom had a nucleus.
Many discoveries were made by people who wanted to prove otherwise. However, many of these experiments were thought experiments. For example, Erwin Schrödinger wanted to show how ridiculous it sounded when theoretical physicists said something could be at two states at the same time (superpositioning) so he thought of an experiment but to others, his thought experiment actually proved that it was possible.
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