Under which of the following conditions would a chemical reaction most likely proceed at the fastest rate?

Adding an enzyme to decrease the activation energy of the reaction

Decreasing temperature to prevent products from becoming denatured

Adding an inhibitor to prevent enzymes from interfering with the reaction

Increasing pH to decrease the acidity of the reactants

Enzymes are the biological catalyst. They are proteins in nature. They are naturally found in humans,animals,micro-organisms,plants etc. They catalyze the chemical reactions by lowering activation energy and without being consumed in it.

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OlaMacgregor OlaMacgregor · Answer 2 · 2019-11-26T01:52:09-05:00

Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

An enzyme is defined as a substance which acts as a catalyst and it is produced by a living organism to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.

An enzyme actually helps in increasing the rate of a reaction by combining at a specific site and like a catalyst an enzyme does not get consumed in a chemical reaction.

An enzyme binds with the substrate and results in the formation of a stable enzyme-substrate complex.

Like a catalyst, an enzyme also helps in lowering the activation energy.

thus, we can conclude that adding an enzyme to decrease the activation energy of the reaction would make a chemical reaction most likely proceed at the fastest rate.