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A catalyst lowered the activation energy byh `25KJmol^(-1)` at `25^(@)C` . By how many times will the rate grow?

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24069 times
`(K_(p))/(K_(a))="Antilog"[(DeltaE)/(2.303RT)]`
`="Antilog"[(25xx10^(3))/(2.303xx8.314xx298)]=24069` times
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