you'd like to weigh out acetic acid and sodium acetate (pka=4.75) to use as buffer system to study few enzymes that have pH optima in the range of 4.9-5.2 indicated briefly in terms of the ratio of the two buffer reagent , how you'd prepare your buffer

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4 you'd like to weigh out acetic acid and sodium acetate (pka=4.75) to use as buffer system to study few enzymes that have pH optima in the range of 4.9-5.2 indicated briefly in terms of the ratio of the two buffer reagent , how you'd prepare your buffer (no calculations)
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