00:01
Normally when a question asks for the rate of the reaction, they're referring to the defined rate of the reaction, not the rate of change of a reactant or product, but the actual rate of the reaction.
00:14
This is rate of the reaction will be equal to 1 over the coefficient multiplied by the change in concentration of that species over the change in time.
00:24
So if we know the change in concentration of ammonia and it has a coefficient of 4, then we're going to have negative 1 over 4, negative, because this is a reactant and its concentration is decreasing, and as the concentration decreases, we get a negative change in concentration, and rate can't be negative, so we need to multiply it by another negative sign to make it positive.
00:53
So the change in concentration will be the final concentration, 1 .6 moles over 4 liters, minus the initial concentration, 3 .5 moles over 4 liters.
01:04
Divided by the change in time of three minutes, and the rate of the reaction is 0 .396 molar per minute...