Hydrogen gas, H2(g), reacts with iodine gas, I2(g), to form HI(g) by the following proposed reaction mechanism (with the listed hypothetical activation energies)
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I2(g)-->2I(g)
k-1
k2
H2(g) + 2I(g)-->2HI(g)
Determine the rate law that is predicted by this reaction mechanism.