The potential energy of the reactants in a particular reaction is 150 kJ·mol⁻¹

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The potential energy of the reactants in a particular reaction is 150 kJ·mol⁻¹. The reaction is endothermic with ΔH = +60 kJ·mol⁻¹. For the uncatalyzed process, the activation energy for the forward reaction is 120 kJ·mol⁻¹. A catalyst lowers the activation energy of the forward reaction by 40 %. Calculate the activation energy of the reverse reaction for the catalyzed pathway.

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