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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,

 

 

 

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