The Following Reaction Is a Reversible Reaction

question 5

Multiple Choice

The following reaction is a reversible reaction.Which statement BEST describes what it means for this reaction to be reversible? HCOOH + HOCH₃ ⇌ HCOOCH₃ + H₂O

• A) This reaction only occurs in the reverse direction as written above.
• B) All of the reactant molecules react to make product, and then all of the product molecules react to make reactants again.
• C) Forward and reverse reactions proceed at the same rate.
• D) Forward and reverse reactions occur simultaneously.
• E) The rate of the reverse reaction is must faster than the rate of the forward reaction.

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Definitions:

Continuity Correction Factor

An adjustment made to a discrete probability distribution when approximating it by a continuous distribution.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean.

Sample Proportion

The proportion of items in a sample that meet a specified condition, often used as an estimator of the population proportion.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution representing the number of successes in a fixed number of independent Bernoulli trials with the same success probability.