To Choose: The correct option.
Answer to Problem 6STP
B. A model.
Explanation of Solution
A computer simulation is an application of a scientific theory or a scientific law or a hypothesis; it is not a theory, law or hypothesis itself. So, options A, C and D are ruled out. A computer simulation is a model as it models the real-world phenomena using proposed or established equations in physics, in a computer. A computer simulation is a form of experimentation as we are seeing whether we get the predicted results if we apply the theory using a computer.
So, the only correct answer is: B. a model.
Conclusion:
A computer simulation is an example of a model.
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