What can you deduce about the activation energy of a reaction that takes billions of years to go to completion? How about a reaction that takes only fractions of a second?

A) The activation energy of both these reactions must be very low.
B) The activation energy of both these reactions must be very high.
C) The slow reaction must have a high activation energy while the fast reaction must have a low activation energy.
D) The slow reaction must have a low activation energy while the fast reaction must have a high activation energy.


C

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