Imagine that 500 mL of a 0.100 M solution of HOAc(aq) is prepared.  What will be the [OAc–] at equilibrium in this solution if the acid dissociation constant Ka(HOAc) = 1.79 x 10–5?   a. 1.33 x 10–3 M   b. 4.23 x 10–3 M   c. 9.46 x 10–4 M   d. 0.100 M   e. not enough information to tell

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Imagine that 500 mL of a 0.100 M solution of HOAc(aq) is prepared.  What will be the [OAc] at equilibrium in this solution if the acid dissociation constant Ka(HOAc) = 1.79 x 10–5?

  a.

1.33 x 10–3 M

  b.

4.23 x 10–3 M

  c.

9.46 x 10–4 M

  d.

0.100 M

  e.

not enough information to tell

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