Question

6. Catalase is an enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme increases the rate of reaction, so it is 700 times faster. If the enzyme reaction took 1.9s how long would the reaction take if there was no enzyme? Convert the answer to minutes. Give your answer to 4sf.

Answer 1

0.00004524 minute

Step-by-step explanation:

The enzyme is Catalase, and it speeds up the rate of reaction by 700 times than what it was supposed to be.

If the already sped up rate of reaction is 1.9 seconds, then the initial reaction ought to have taken

1.9/700 seconds and that is 0.0027143 second.

We're asked to convert to minute, we then have

0.0027143/60 which is equal to 0.0000452381 minute.

Since we're asked to round off to 4 significant figure, we have 0.00004524 minute.