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12.3 Exercise 2

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Doubling the concentration of a reactant increases the rate of a reaction four times. With this knowledge, answer the following questions:

(a) What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?

(b) Tripling the concentration of a different reactant increases the rate of a reaction three times. What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 12.3 Rate Laws, exercise 2

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