NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2007

  • question_answer
                    If 60% of a first order reaction was completed in 60 min, 50% of the same reaction would be completed in approximately:                                                                                                                                                

    A)                 50 min     

    B)                 45 min

    C)                 60 min   

    D)                     40 min                 (log 4 = 0.60, log 5 = 0.69)

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                              \[k=\frac{2.303}{t}{{\log }_{10}}\frac{a}{a-x}\]                 \[{{k}_{1}}=\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{1}}}\log \frac{{{a}_{1}}}{{{a}_{1}}-{{x}_{1}}}\]                 \[{{k}_{2}}=\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{2}}}\log \frac{{{a}_{2}}}{{{a}_{2}}-{{x}_{2}}}\]                 \[{{x}_{1}}=\frac{60}{100}{{a}_{1}},\,{{t}_{1}}=60\]                 \[{{x}_{2}}=\frac{50}{100}{{a}_{2}},{{t}_{2}}=?\]                 \[\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{1}}}\log \frac{{{a}_{1}}}{{{a}_{1}}-{{x}_{1}}}=\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{2}}}\log \frac{{{a}_{2}}}{{{a}_{2}}-{{x}_{2}}}\]                 \[\frac{2.303}{60}\log \frac{a}{\left( {{a}_{1}}-\frac{60}{100}{{a}_{i}} \right)}=\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{2}}}\log \frac{{{a}_{2}}}{\left( {{a}_{2}}-\frac{50}{100}{{a}_{2}} \right)}\]                 \[\frac{2.303}{60}\log \frac{100\,{{a}_{1}}}{40\,{{a}_{1}}}=\frac{2.303}{{{t}_{2}}}\log \frac{100\,{{a}_{2}}}{50\,{{a}_{2}}}\]                 \[\frac{1}{60}\log \frac{100}{40}=\frac{1}{{{t}_{2}}}\log \frac{100}{50}\]                 \[{{t}_{2}}=\frac{60\log 100/50}{\log 100/40}\]                 \[=\frac{60\,\log \,10-\log \,5)}{(\log \,10-\log 4)}\]                 \[=\frac{60\,(1-0.69)}{(1-0.60)}=\frac{60\times 0.31}{0.40}\]                 \[=1.5\times 31=46.5\approx 45\,\min \]  


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