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[Alan Limones 1H]

Hi, for this problem, I ended up with 15/(2.36x10^-2) but in the solutions textbook, they had 15/[(2.36x10^-2)x(.84)]but I am not sure why they multiply the concentration of A with the rate constant. I used the 2nd-order reaction equation, and then solved for t, but I did not end up with the concentration of A in the denominator like they did. So I am not sure if I did something wrong with my algebra or if I used the wrong equation.

[Taryn 1J]

To my understanding, they just moved the "[A]0" term that was underneath 16/[A]0 - 1/[A]0. I believe that you would get the same answer if you solved the equation: (16/[A]0 - 1/[A]0)/k but they just wanted to simplify the amount of steps.