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Ethyl alcohol reacts at a faster rate with `HI` than with `HCI` in forming the corresponding ethyl halides under identical conditions mainly because-

A

`HI`, being a stronger acid, protonates ethyl alcohol at oxygen much better and helps substitution

B

the bond length in `HI` is much shorter than that in `HCI`

C

`I^(-)` is a much better leaving group

D

`I^(-)` is a much better nuclephile than `CI^(-)`

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