Consider a 1.0 L buffer containing 0.083 mol L-1 HCOOH and 0.095 mol L-1 HCOO-. What...

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Consider a 1.0 L buffer containing 0.083 mol L-1HCOOH and 0.095 mol L-1 HCOO-. What is the pHof the solution after adding 6.0 x 10-3 mol of NaOH?Express your answer to 2 decimal places.

i'm repeatedly getting 3.87 as my answer....would reallyappreciate some help!

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Formic acid and formate ion mixture forms acidic bufferTo this buffer when base is added concentration of aciddecreases and concentration of salt of acid increasesKa of formic acid 177 104pKa logKa    See Answer
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