One litre of 2M acetic acid and one litre of 3M ethyl alcohol were mixed. Theesterification takes place according to thereaction:CH,COOH + C,H,OH - CH,COOCH+ H₂OIf each solution is diluted by one litre waterthe rate would become -(A) 4 times(B) 2 times(C) 0.5 times(D) 0.25 times

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1.	One litre of 2M acetic acid and one litre of 3M ethyl alcohol were mixed. Theesterification takes place according to thereaction:CH,COOH + C,H,OH - CH,COOCH+ H₂OIf each solution is diluted by one litre waterthe rate would become -(A) 4 times(B) 2 times(C) 0.5 times(D) 0.25 times
Answer» option D is correctmole of =MOLARITYVOLUME =2M1L =2molefinal molarity after dilution=Molarity of acetic ACID after dilution=molarity of ethyl alcohol=3M*1L=3molefinal molarity of ethyl alcohol=1.5Mon SOLVING the equations we getso it is 0.25 times high