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A student is given the task of determining the rate of an enzymatic reaction under defined...

A student is given the task of determining the rate of an enzymatic reaction under defined conditions (i.e known substrate and enzyme concentrations; optimal temperature, pH, etc). Assume the student knows nothing about enzymes or how to perform this task. Since you just completed this task virtually, provide a detailed description of the directions you would give the student on how to determine the rate of the reaction? Give sufficient details so that the student with no knowledge of how to complete this task could be successful.

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