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A good buffer has __________.significant amounts of both a strong base and a weak basesmall amounts of both a strong acid and a conjugate acidsignificant amounts of both a weak acid and its conjugate basesignificant amounts of both a weak acid and a conjugate acidsmall amounts of both a weak acid and its conjugate acid

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Buffers are used to keep the pH of a system balanced, and in order to do that, buffer system has to have significant amounts of both a weak acid and its conjugate base, as for example, we have CH3COOH and its conjugate base CH3COO-, this is a good buffer. Letter C

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