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The observable universe is ~93 billion light-years across — and it's still expanding.
The activation energy of a reaction can be determined from the slope of which of the following graphs?
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To solve this problem, we need to understand how activation energy is determined using graphs.The Arrhenius equation is given by:where is the rate constant, is the pre-exponential factor, is the activation energy, is the gas constant, and is the temperature in Kelvin.Taking the natural logarithm of both sides, we get:This equation is in the form of a straight line where:Thus, a plot of vs. will yield a straight line with a slope of The activation energy can be determined from the slope as follows:slopeAnalyzing the options:• Option 1: vs. is incorrect as it doesn't relate to the Arrhenius equation.• Option 2: vs. is correct as it directly relates to the Arrhenius equation.• Option 3: vs. is incorrect as it doesn't relate to the Arrhenius equation.• Option 4: vs. is incorrect as it doesn't relate to the Arrhenius equation.Therefore, the correct option is Option 2.
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