Chemistry

Problem

The following data were collected for the reversible reaction

X\rightleftharpoons Y

. Time (s): 0 10 20 30 40 Rate_forward (

M\cdot\text{s}^{-1}

): 0.28 0.18 0.10 0.06 0.05 Rate_reverse (

M\cdot\text{s}^{-1}

): 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.10 0.05 Determine the earliest time at which the system is at equilibrium.