0.06 moles of hydrochloric acid is added to a solution that contains 0.24 mol bromoacetic acid and 0.28 mol of sodium bromoacetate in 0.50 L of solution. The pH of the solution drops only slightly. This is because the hydrochloric acid reacts with the _____ in solution and becomes neutralized. The pKA of bromoacetic acid is 2.86. Group of answer choices hydronium ion water bromoacetate ion Since this is a buffer solution, the pH does not change upon addition of strong acid. bromoacetic acid

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0.06 moles of hydrochloric acid is added to a solution that contains 0.24 mol bromoacetic acid and 0.28 mol of sodium bromoacetate in 0.50 L of solution. The pH of the solution drops only slightly. This is because the hydrochloric acid reacts with the _____ in solution and becomes neutralized. The pKA of bromoacetic acid is 2.86.

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hydronium ion
water
bromoacetate ion
Since this is a buffer solution, the pH does not change upon addition of strong acid.
bromoacetic acid
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