A student is told by their chemistry professor that he thinks he remembers that the ion product constant for water (Kw) has a value of 1.51x10-14 when water has the same temperature as that of a human running a hot fever of 40 °C.    Based only on this information provided by their chemistry professor from his questionable memory, what is the calculated pH of water at 40 °C ?  (Enter your number with 2 decimal places and do NOT include "pH" as a unit in your answer.)

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A student is told by their chemistry professor that he thinks he remembers that the ion product constant for water (Kw) has a value of 1.51x10-14 when water has the same temperature as that of a human running a hot fever of 40 °C.    Based only on this information provided by their chemistry professor from his questionable memory, what is the calculated pH of water at 40 °C ? 

(Enter your number with 2 decimal places and do NOT include "pH" as a unit in your answer.)

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