Determining the time at which concentration begins to decrease

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The question asks, "at what time.." does that mean at the fifth hour? Or after five hours and 24 minutes? I'm stuck with wording my answer
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ttpp1124 said:
Homework Statement:: The question asks, "at what time.." does that mean at the fifth hour? Or after five hours and 24 minutes? I'm stuck with wording my answer
Relevant Equations:: n/a

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Your approach to determining the time when the concentration begins to decrease makes no sense to me. And the time for concentration to be equal to zero is at time t = 0 only. Please describe your rationale for determining the time when the concentration begins to decrease.
 
"At what time does the concentration begins (sic) to decrease?"
A function is increasing if its derivative is positive; a function is decreasing if its derivative is negative.