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12 May 2007, 15:56

The rate of a certain chemical reaction is directly proportional to the square of the concentration of chemical A present and inversely proportional to the concentration of chemical B present. If the concentration of chemical B is increased by 100%, which of the following is closest to the percent change in the concentration of chemical A required to keep the reaction rate unchanged?

a. 100% decrease
b. 50% decrease
c. 40% decrease
d. 40% increase
e. 50% increase

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kookoo4tofu wrote:

refer here.
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13 May 2007, 21:17

If y is inversely proportional to x, then y = 1/x. If y is equal to the square of x, then y = x^2, of course. Chemical Reaction => CR. I.e., label chemical reaction CR. So, then CR = A^2 / B. So, if B is increased by 100%, then B => 2B. For the Rate of the chemical reaction to stay the same, you need a 2 to appear in the numerator because the denominator is now 2B. So, ( Root(2) * A )^2 is what you need. Distribute the Squre. This results in Root(2)^2 = 2 in the numerator and also A^2 in the numerator: 2 * A^2. The 2 in the numerator and denominator cancel and you are left with what you started with: A^2 / B. So, what you had to increase A by approx 40%..........................Because Root(2) is approx 1.41.

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