A should be the answer because the more you test an experiment the more data you have to rely on changing the experiment would cause you to have different outcomes making the results different and unreliable so B, C, and D is not going to be the answer Hope this helps
The letter (d.) strong base or acid would be the most appropriate answer to the question above. An indicator is a strong base or acid. Indicators are strong base and acid because through this you can determine if a compound is acid or base with its color.
(a)
pH = 4.77
; (b)
[
H
3
O
+
]
=
1.00
×
10
-4
l
mol/dm
3
; (c)
[
A
-
]
=
0.16 mol⋅dm
-3
Explanation:
(a) pH of aspirin solution
Let's write the chemical equation as
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
l
HA
m
+
m
H
2
O
⇌
H
3
O
+
m
+
m
l
A
-
I/mol⋅dm
-3
:
m
m
0.05
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
l
0
m
m
m
m
m
l
l
0
C/mol⋅dm
-3
:
m
m
l
-
x
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
+
x
m
l
m
m
m
l
+
x
E/mol⋅dm
-3
:
m
0.05 -
l
x
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
l
x
m
m
x
m
m
m
x
K
a
=
[
H
3
O
+
]
[
A
-
]
[
HA
]
=
x
2
0.05 -
l
x
=
3.27
×
10
-4
Check for negligibility
0.05
3.27
×
10
-4
=
153
<
400
∴
x
is not less than 5 % of the initial concentration of
[
HA
]
.
We cannot ignore it in comparison with 0.05, so we must solve a quadratic.
Then
x
2
0.05
−
x
=
3.27
×
10
-4
x
2
=
3.27
×
10
-4
(
0.05
−
x
)
=
1.635
×
10
-5
−
3.27
×
10
-4
x
x
2
+
3.27
×
10
-4
x
−
1.635
×
10
-5
=
0
x
=
1.68
×
10
-5
[
H
3
O
+
]
=
x
l
mol/L
=
1.68
×
10
-5
l
mol/L
pH
=
-log
[
H
3
O
+
]
=
-log
(
1.68
×
10
-5
)
=
4.77
(b)
[
H
3
O
+
]
at pH 4
[
H
3
O
+
]
=
10
-pH
l
mol/L
=
1.00
×
10
-4
l
mol/L
(c) Concentration of
A
-
in the buffer
We can now use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to calculate the
[
A
-
]
.
pH
=
p
K
a
+
log
(
[
A
-
]
[
HA
]
)
4.00
=
−
log
(
3.27
×
10
-4
)
+
log
(
[
A
-
]
0.05
)
=
3.49
+
log
(
[
A
-
]
0.05
)
log
(
[
A
-
]
0.05
)
=
4.00 - 3.49
=
0.51
[
A
-
]
0.05
=
10
0.51
=
3.24
[
A
-
]
=
0.05
×
3.24
=
0.16
The concentration of
A
-
in the buffer is 0.16 mol/L.
hope this helps :)
