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Question
Answer the following in one or two sentences.
How do the half-lives of the first order and zero-order reactions change with the initial concentration of reactants?
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Solution
i. The half-life of the first-order reaction is independent of the initial concentration of the reactant.
ii. The half-life of zero-order reactions is proportional to the initial concentration of the reactant.
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