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Consider the following statements,

The rate law for the acid catalysed hydrolysis of an ester being given as

Rate=kH+ester=k[ester].

If the acid concentration is doubled at constant ester concentration

1. The second order rate constant, k is doubled.

2. The pseudo first order rate constant, k is double.

3. The rate of the reaction is doubled.

Which of the above statements are correct?

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