Tripling the concentration of a reactant increases the rate of a reaction nine times. With this knowledge, answer the following questions:(a) What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?(b) Increasing the concentration of a reactant by a factor of four increases the rate of a reaction four times. What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?

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Tripling the concentration of a reactant increases the rate of a reaction nine times. With this knowledge, answer the following questions:
(a) What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?
(b) Increasing the concentration of a reactant by a factor of four increases the rate of a reaction four times. What is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant?

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