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A catalyst lowers the activation energy for a certain reaction from 83.314 to 75 KJ `"mol"^(-1)` at 500 K . What will be the rate of reaction as compared to uncatalyst reaction ? Assume other things being equal

A

Double

B

28 times

C

7.38 times

D

`7.38 xx 10^(3)` times

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