Question 8.CC.4: pH of Solutions Consider the pH of the following items: a. P......

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pH of Solutions
Consider the pH of the following items:
a. Place the pH values of the items on the list in order of most acidic to most basic.
b. Which item has the highest $[{\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}^{+}]$ ?
c. Which item has the highest [OH¯]?

Item	Ph
Root beer	5.8
Kitchen cleaner	10.9
Pickles	3.5
Glass cleaner	7.6
Cranberry juice	2.9

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a. The most acidic item is the one with the lowest pH, and the most basic is the item with the highest pH: cranberry juice (2.9), pickles (3.5), root beer (5.8), glass cleaner (7.6), kitchen cleaner (10.9).
b. The item with the highest $[{\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}^{+}]$ would have the lowest pH value, which is cranberry juice.
c. The item with the highest [OH¯] would have the highest pH value, which is kitchen cleaner.

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