Choose all of the following that are false.     If you know a reaction is elementary, then you know the rate law of the reaction.     Adding a catalyst to a reaction will increase the activation energy of a chemical reaction.     As activation energy of a reaction increases, the rate decreases.     The instantaneous rate of a reaction is determined from the slope of two points on the graph of concentration vs time.     For a first order reactant, halving the concentration will cut the reaction rate in half.     Elementary reactions involving the simultaneous collision of three molecules is called trimolecular.

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Choose all of the following that are false.

   

If you know a reaction is elementary, then you know the rate law of the reaction.

   

Adding a catalyst to a reaction will increase the activation energy of a chemical reaction.

   

As activation energy of a reaction increases, the rate decreases.

   

The instantaneous rate of a reaction is determined from the slope of two points on the graph of concentration vs time.

   

For a first order reactant, halving the concentration will cut the reaction rate in half.

   

Elementary reactions involving the simultaneous collision of three molecules is called trimolecular.

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