Chapter 20, Problem 18P

The data tabulated below were generated from an experiment initially containing pure ammonium cyanate $\left({\text{NH}}_{\text{4}}\text{OCN}\right)$. It is known that such concentration changes can be modeled by the following equation:

$c=\frac{c_0}{1+k{c}_{0}t}$

where $c_0$ and k are parameters. Use a transformation to linearize this equation. Then use linear regression to predict the concentration at $t=160$min.

$t\left(\text{min}\right)$	0	20	50	65	150
$c\left(\text{mole/L}\right)$	0.381	0.264	0.180	0.151	0.086