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In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.
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Question: If Mona works in a defense lab and her company develops worse missiles, what happens to the advancement of rocket technologies? 
 Answer: decreases
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The development of better missiles fostered better rocket technologies.


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Question: If Mona is building an electrical device and she decreases the total resistance of it, what happens to the current strength? 
 Answer: increases
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As the total resistance increases, the current strength decreases.


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Question: Katie is looking at solid reactants, and is wondering how they will react. The reaction rate is decreased in surface areas which are 
 Answer: smaller
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Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.