Jason has a balanced chemical equation and a rate law for a chemical reaction. What should he do to determine the overall order of the reaction?

The overall reaction order is the sum of the exponents on the concentration terms in the rate law. For example, if the rate law is rate = k[A]²[B], the overall order is 2 + 1 = 3. The coefficients in the balanced equation do not generally determine the reaction order.

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