The rate law for a hypothetical reaction is rate = k [a][b]. if the concentrations of a and b are both 0.020 moles per liter and k = 1.3 × 10-1 m-1s-1, what is the reaction rate?
a. 4.0 × 103 m
b. 1.3 × 10-1 m-1s-1
c. 5.2 × 10-5 ms-1
d. 5.2 × 105 ms-1

How does a scientist the government? a. the scientist tells people in society what to do. b. the scientist determines the policies that the government spends money on. c. the scientist provides unbiased information to the government. d. the scientist makes laws based on his or her research results.

The human activities in two locations are described below: location a: rampant use of plastic containers location b: excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers which statement is most likely true? location a will have poor air quality because plastic is biodegradable. location a will experience water scarcity because plastic absorbs moisture. the population of honeybees will increase in location b because production of crops will increase. the population of fish in location b will decrease because the water is contaminated.

Steam reforming of methane ( ch4) produces "synthesis gas," a mixture of carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas, which is the starting point for many important industrial chemical syntheses. an industrial chemist studying this reaction fills a 1.5 l flask with 3.5 atm of methane gas and 1.3 atm of water vapor at 43.0°c. he then raises the temperature, and when the mixture has come to equilibrium measures the partial pressure of carbon monoxide gas to be 1 .0 atm. calculate the pressure equilibrium constant for the steam reforming of methane at the final temperature of the mixture. round your answer to 2 significant digits.