Chapter 17, Problem 5E

A study of the rate of the reaction represented as $2A\to B$ gave the following data:

Time (s)	0.0	5.0	10.0	15.0	20.0	25.0	35.0
[A](M)	1.00	0.775	0.625	0.465	0.350	0.205	0.230

(a) Determine the average rate of disappearance of A between 0.0 s and 10.0 s, and between 10.0 s and 20.0 s.

(b) Estimate the instantaneous rate of disappearance of A at 15.0 s from a graph of time versus [A]. What are theunits of this rate?

(c) Use the rates found in parts (a) and (b) to determine the average rate of formation of B between 0.00 s and 10.0 s, and the instantaneous rate of formation of B at 15.0 s.