The Following Data Were Obtained in a Kinetics Study of the Hypothetical

question 30

Multiple Choice

The following data were obtained in a kinetics study of the hypothetical reaction A + B + C → products.
[A]₀ (M)
[B]₀ (M)
[C]₀ (M)
Initial Rate (10^-3 M/s)
0) 4
0) 4
0) 2
160
0) 2
0) 4
0) 4
80
0) 6
0) 1
0) 2
15
0) 2
0) 1
0) 2
5
0) 2
0) 2
0) 4
20
Using the initial-rate method,what is the order of the reaction with respect to C?

• A)zero-order
• B)first-order
• C)third-order
• D)second-order
• E)impossible to tell from the data given

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