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Calling all chemists...please help me!  Ive attached a screen shot of the problem

Calling all chemists...please help me!  Ive attached a screen shot of the problem-example-1
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This is an acid-base reaction where HF is the acid and H2O is the base (it's amphoteric and can be an acid or a base). The products would then H3O+ (the conjugate acid) and F- (the conjugate base). Now, we can simply construct a reaction using the found products and reactants. This acid-base reaction would be HF + H2O <--> H3O+ + F-.

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