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A chemist observes that increasing the temperature of a reaction from 300 K to 310 K doubles the rate constant.
Which underlying principle best explains this observation?
- The reaction becomes more exothermic at higher temperatures, driving the rate.
- The activation energy of the reaction decreases as temperature increases.
- A larger fraction of molecular collisions exceed the activation energy at higher temperatures.
- The increase in collision frequency alone accounts for the doubling of the rate.
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