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An enzyme lowers the activation energy of a reaction from 80 kJ/mol to 25 kJ.mol
how much energy is saved by using the enzyme

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Energy saved = 80 kJ/mol − 25 kJ/mol = 55 kJ/mol.

That is a reduction of (55/80)×100 ≈ 68.75% (≈ 68.8%) in the activation energy.