Chapter 13, Problem 95RQ

The following data were collected for a reaction:

Rate Constant (L mol-1 s_1 )	Temperature (°C)
$2.88\times 10^{-4}$	$\text{3}\text{.20 }\times {\text{ 10}}^{\text{2}}$
$4.87\times 10^{-4}$	$\text{3}\text{.40 }\times {\text{ 10}}^{\text{2}}$
$7.96\times 10^{-4}$	$3.60\times 10^2$
$1.26\times 10^{-3}$	$3.80\times 10^2$
$1.94\times 10^{-3}$	$4.00\times 10^2$

Determine the activation energy for the reaction in kJ/mol both graphically and by calculation using Equation 13.16. For the calculation of $E_a,$ use the first and last sets of data in the table.