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A reactant has a half-life of 10 minutes.
Calculate the rate constant for the first order reaction.

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`t_(1//2) = 10 min`
` k=( 0.693 )/( t_(1//2)) = ( 0.693 )/(10) = 0.0693 min""^(-1)`
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