Why do scientists formulate principles?

A) to describe a widely applicable and generally accepted explanation for natural phenomena
B) to explain something that cannot be observed or measured by scientific procedures
C) to make a statement or mathematical formula that always succeeds in generalizing data and observations about data without necessarily offering an explanation
D) to explain a problem that accounts for existing data and predict additional phenomena that should exist


Answer: C

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