<span>Catalysts decrease the activation energy and the more collisions result in a </span>reaction<span>, so the </span>rate<span> of </span><span>reaction increases.</span><span />
It is the same amount. For example, Carbon has 4 electrons. Putting those 4 electrons in a Lewis Dot Structure will show that they are not paired, so 4 is the number of bonds Carbon can make.
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