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Rational Function Applications

Hill Equation

Problem 1- Find the substrate concentration given the velocity of a reaction.

If the velocity of an enzyme catalzyed reaction is a constant represented by c, how would you use the Hill equation to calculate the substrate concentration.

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Problem 2- Determine what happens to the velocity of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction as the substrate concentration approaches infinity.

 

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