Question

Im trying to figure out why the rates of reactants and products are equal to the answer selected. I never really solidified the basics of how to figure this out so an explanation would be very helpful, thank you!

Answer 1

Explanation:

rate of disappearence of any of the reactant is same as the rate of appearence of the product.Rate of disappearence of reactant = decrease in concentration of reactant/ time taken = -Δ[R]/Δt. Rate of appearance of product= increase in the concentration of product/ time taken =+Δ[P]/Δt. Rate of raction = -Δ[R]/Δt =Δ[P]/Δt