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Ch.14 - Chemical Kinetics

Chapter 14, Problem 39b

A reaction in which A, B, and C react to form products is first order in A, second order in B, and zero order in C. b. What is the overall order of the reaction?

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Hey everyone in this example, we need to determine the overall order of a reaction that is first order in a zero order in B and first order in C. And we're told that our reaction is A plus B plus C yields our products. So what we would say is that for our overall order because we know A is first order, we would say we have one because we know B is zero order, we have plus zero. And because see we are given from the prompt as first order, we would have plus one again and this would give us a sum equal to two. And so we would say that therefore we have second order overall as our overall order. So this would be our final answer here. To complete this example. I hope that everything I reviewed was clear. But if you have any questions to sleep them down below and I will see everyone in the next practice video.