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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 intermediate step

B

the sum total of the rates of all the intermediate steps

C

the average of the slowest of all the intermediate step

D

the rate of the slowest intermediate step

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