A student dissolves 0.200 mol of hypochlorous acid, HOCl ( )
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Problem
A student dissolves 0.200 mol of hypochlorous acid, HOCl (Ka=3.5×10−8), and 0.100 mol of pyridine, C5H5N (Kb=1.7×10−9), in water to prepare 1.00 L of solution at 25 °C. After the acid–base reaction reaches equilibrium, what is the pH of the solution?
(a) 7.5
(b) 6.3
(c) 5.8
(d) 8.4