Scientific hypotheses, theories, and laws are all vital to the development of scientific ideas. they are all vital, but they are not equal. they actually represent different types of ideas, with varying degrees of strength. the strength of a scientific idea is based in large part on how well it allows us to predict what will happen in certain situations. rank the three, beginning with the strongest. a) law, theory, hypothesis b) theory, law, hypothesis c) theory, hypothesis, law d) hypothesis, theory, law