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You decide to use your chemistry knowledge for profit by making and selling soaps that are ultra-mild and have a near-neutral pH.What is the pH of a liquid soap made from the salt of a fatty acid (RCOOH, where R is an organic group) that has a pKa value of 2.0? The initial concentration of the fatty acid salt is 1.0 M.


A) 6.0
B) 7.5
C) 8.0
D) 8.5
E) 9.0

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