Question & Answer: Consider the reaction A → products. How many of the following responses are true?…..

Consider the reaction A → products.

How many of the following responses are true?

1. The units for a first order rate constant are: s-1

2. The sum of the elementary steps must equal the overall balanced equation for a mechanism to be plausible

3. The rate determining step of a reaction must be the first step

4. A plot of 1/[A] vs time with a straight line slope indicates a first order reaction

5. The exponents of a rate law must be positive whole numbers

i put 2 and it was wrong