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What is the rate constant of a first-order reaction that takes 127 seconds for the reactant concentration to drop to half of its initial value?
A:- Equation for first order reaction half life, t1/2 = 0.693 / k
127 sec. = 0.693 / k
k = 0.693 / 127 sec.
k = 0.0054567 sec-1