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The overall rate of a reaction is govern...

The overall rate of a reaction is governed by :

A

the rate of the fastest is governed by

B

the rate of the slowest intermediate step

C

the sum total of the rates of all the intermediate steps

D

the average of the rates of all the intermidiates steps

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