The laws of motion discovered in the 17th century were used to explain force, movement, and acceleration for decades. however, by 1905, there were a number of findings that could not be explained by those laws. which statement best describes the eventual outcome? a) the old laws of motion were discarded in favor of new ones. b) scientists realized the limitations of the scientific method. c) scientists formulated a new theory that elaborated on the original. d) all the calculations using the old theory were found to be incorrect.

Option C

Explanation:

Law of motion is a scientific law and like all other scientific laws it does not guarantee accurate explanations to natural phenomenon. Therefore, from time to time with new discoveries, these laws need to be refined in order to comply with new findings and discoveries.  

Therefore, when laws of motion could not explain the new findings it became essential to formulate a new theory based on the existing one.  

Thus, option C is correct

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it provides an alternative energy pathway for the reaction to proceed.

a catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed during the course of the reaction.

catalysts increase the rate of reaction without being used up. they do this by lowering the activation energy needed. with a catalyst, more collisions result in a reaction, so the rate of reaction increases. different reactions need different catalysts.

a catalyst works by providing an alternative reaction pathway to the reaction product. the rate of the reaction is increased as this alternative route has a lower activation energy than the reaction route not mediated by the catalyst.