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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 fastest intermediate step

B

the sum of the rates of all intermediate steps

C

the average of the rates of all the intermediate steps

D

the rate of slowest intermediate step.

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The correct Answer is:
D
The slowest step is rate determining step.
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