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Half-life of a reaction is found to be inversely proportional to the fifth power of its initial concentration, the order of reaction is

  1. A 4
  2. B 5
  3. C 6
  4. D 3
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(C) 6

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The half-life period of \(n\)th order reaction is
\[
t_{1 / 2}=\frac{k}{a^{n-1}} \text {. }
\]
\(a\) is the initial concentration of reactant \(t_{1 / 2} \propto \frac{1}{a^5}\)
\[
\begin{aligned}
\therefore \quad t_{1 / 2} & =\frac{k}{a^5} \text { and } \frac{k}{a^{n-1}}=\frac{k}{a^5} \\
\Rightarrow \quad a^5 & =a^{n-1} \\
n-1 & =5=6
\end{aligned}
\]
\(\therefore\) The order of the reaction is 6 .