| I think the answer to QuizQuick is 8.
The slow step is the rate-determining so:
rate = k [i][b]
But the first equation is equilibrium so:
Keq = [i] / [A][b]
[i] = Keq [A] [b]
rate = k Keq [A][b] [b]
and since k*Keq just yields another k.
rate = k [A][b]2, or 8.
Let me know if I did something wrong. |