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Identify which of the following are statements of science: that is, statements involving both language and fact.
a. My mother is a beautiful woman
b. 10 + 10 = 100
c. In the northern hemisphere, daylight lasts kinger in summer than in winter
d. The force exerted by a moving body is directly related to its acceleration
e. 12(2) = 144

Also..Which of the above statements are testable hypothoses? How would you go about testing them?

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