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  4. A catalyst lowers the activation energy for a certain reaction from 83.314 to 75 kJ mol-1 at 500 K. What will be the rate of reaction as compared to uncatalysed reaction? Assume other things being equal.

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Q. A catalyst lowers the activation energy for a certain reaction from $83.314$ to $75 \,kJ \,mol^{-1}$ at $500 \,K$. What will be the rate of reaction as compared to uncatalysed reaction? Assume other things being equal.

Chemical Kinetics

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Correct answer is (c) 7.38 times