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by sacx » Wed May 06, 2009 2:26 am
see attached. hope this helps
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by sureshbala » Wed May 06, 2009 2:42 am
Since the rate of the reaction is directly proprotional to square of A and inversely proportional to B, when B is increased by 100% in order to keep the rate constant the square of A must also increase by 100%.

i.e initially if A = 10, we have A^2 = 100

Now what should be the value of A such that A^2 = 200.

i.e. A = sqrt(200) = 10 x sqrt(2) =14.12 approximately.

Thus initially A = 10 and now it is 14.

So an increase of 40% would keep the rate constant
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by fercho81 » Wed May 06, 2009 9:50 am
Awesome explanations guys, thank you both very much!
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