I would believe the answer to this question is D. According to the concept of the tragedy of the commons, shared resources are used by more than one organism. Due to the large consumption of shared resources they start to be fewer and fewer in number and over time if we are not careful they will be depleted.
Answer:
Explanation:
Oleic acid originates from an unsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, which can be found in olive oil and many other vegetable and animal oils and fats. Its economic importance includes the production of soap making and cosmetics etc.
The line-bond structure of the given oleic acid in the question can be found in the attached below.
Solution:
At the equivalence point, moles NaOH = moles benzoic acid
HA + NaOH ==> NaA + H2O where HA is benzoic acid
At the equivalence point, all the benzoic acid ==> sodium benzoate
A^- + H2O ==> HA + OH- (again, A^- is the benzoate anion and HA is the weak acid benzoic acid)
Kb for benzoate = 1x10^-14/4.5x10^-4 = 2.22x10^-11
Kb = 2.22x10^-11 = [HA][OH-][A^-] = (x)(x)/0.150
x^2 = 3.33x10^-12
x = 1.8x10^-6 = [OH-]
pOH = -log [OH-] = 5.74
pH = 14 - pOH = 8.26
