Question

PLEASE HELP! How are the following aspects of a reaction affected by the addition of a catalyst?

Answer 1

If you add a catalyst to a reaction, the activation energy of the forward and reverse reaction should decrease which is shown by the energy diagram of the reaction which has a smaller peak with a catalyst and the rates of the forward and reverse reaction should increase.

The fact that both the forward and reverse reactions are affected in the same way is shown by the fact that the addition of a catalyst does not affect the equilibrium state of the reaction.