A chemist has synthesized a monoprotic weak acid and wants to determine its pKa value. To do so, they dissolved 2.00 mmol of the solid acid in 100.0 mL of water and then titrated the resulting solution with 0.0500 M NaOH. After 20.0 mL of added NaOH, the pH of the solution was 6.00. What is the pKa of the acid? (a) 5.85 (b) 7.02 (c) 9.90 (d) 6.00

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A chemist has synthesized a monoprotic weak acid and wants to determine its pKa value. To do so, they dissolved 2.00 mmol of the solid acid in 100.0 mL of water and then titrated the resulting solution with 0.0500 M NaOH. After
20.0 mL of added NaOH, the pH of the solution was 6.00. What is the pKa of the acid?
(a) 5.85 (b) 7.02 (c) 9.90 (d) 6.00

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