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Given information
We are given that in an elementary chemical reaction, single molecules of two reactants and form a molecule of the product .
The law of mass action states that the rate of reaction is proportional to the product of the concentrations of and
Also if we have,
and
then
We have to find as a function of , assuming and using the fact that the initial concentration of is .
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
We have the differential equation,
Now let us suppose that
and therefore,