Sapling Week 9 and 10 #11 Part 3


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Amanda Bueno-Kling
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Sapling Week 9 and 10 #11 Part 3

Postby Amanda Bueno-Kling » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:16 am

Hello,
I have figured out the first two parts of the problem, but for some reason am having a very hard time with the last part. I have tried a few times and keep getting the wrong answer.
This is the problem as I have it:
"Dinitrogen pentoxide, N2O5, decomposes by first‑order kinetics with a rate constant of 3.7×10^−5 s−1 at 298 K. What is the half‑life, in hours, of N2O5 at 298 K?"
The part 3 that I am trying to solve is:
"How much time, in minutes, will elapse before the N2O5 concentration decreases from 0.0740 mol*L−1 to 0.0297 mol*L−1?"
I know I need to use the equation [A]t=[A]0*e^-kt
So I set it up as 0.0297=0.0740*e^-(3.7×10^−5)t, with the intention of solving for t, but I keep getting the wrong answer. Even when I try to divide by answer 60 to change it from minutes to seconds, it is still wrong. This is the answer I get before any second to minute conversions: 0.00000108473
Can anyone advise me on where I am going wrong or walk me through the steps of solving for t?

Amanda Bueno-Kling
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Re: Sapling Week 9 and 10 #11 Part 3

Postby Amanda Bueno-Kling » Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:23 am

I figured it out! It was an algebra issue and I got the correct answer of 411.2 after trying it again. I did set it up right, but just needed to make sure I did all the algebraic steps correctly.


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