Choose the correct statement for the blank to complete the following sentence: In the radical chlorination of methane,

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Choose the correct statement for the blank to complete the following sentence:

In the radical chlorination of methane, _______________ is the rate-determining step.
                 hv
(1) Cl-Cl    =>   2Cl° 
(2) CH4 + Cl°   =>  CH3°  +  HCL
(3) CH3° + Cl-Cl  => CH3Cl  + Cl°
(4) Cl°  +  CH3°   => CH3Cl
(5) CH3°  +  CH3°  => CH3CH3
(6) Cl°  + Cl°  =>  Cl-Cl

(a) step (1)
(b) step (2)
(c) step (3)
(d) step (6)

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