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Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following describes a situation in which it can be safely assumed that the equilibrium concentration of a species is for all
practical purposes equal to its initial concentration?
The K value for the reaction is large.
O The initial concentrations are very small.
O The K value for the reaction is nearly equal to 1.
O The K value for the reaction is small.
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