GENERAL CHEMISTRY(LL)-W/MASTERINGCHEM.
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Chapter 1, Problem 99SAE
A procedure designed to test the truth or the validity of an explanation for many observations is called (a) a law; (b) a theory; (C) an experiment; (d) a hypothesis; (e) none of these.
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