Refer to the Figure Below

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Essay

Refer to the figure below. The graph was constructed from reaction-rate data collected using a constant amount of purified enzyme and increasing concentrations of substrate.Under conditions at point X, the graph indicates that the reaction rate changed dramatically when just a small increase in substrate concentration was made.Under conditions at point Y, the reaction rate changed very little with the same increase in substrate concentration.Explain why.

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