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The volume of an adult’s stomach ranges from 50 mL when empty to 1 L when full. On a cer...

The volume of an adult’s stomach ranges from 50 mL when empty to 1 L when full. On a certain day, its volume is 600. mL and its contents have a pH of 2.00.

(a) Determine the number of moles of H+ present.

(b) Assuming that all the H+ is due to HCl(aq), how many grams of sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3, will completely neutralize the stomach acid?

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