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The molarity of an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, , is determined by titration with a M barium hydroxide, , solution. If 31.2 mL of barium hydroxide are required to neutralize 15.4 mL of the acid, what is the molarity of the hydrochloric acid solution?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Hello there!

In this case, for this titration problem, we first need to set up the undergoing chemical equation between barium chloride and hydrochloric acid:


2HCl+Ba(OH)_2\rightarrow BaCl_2+2H_2O

Which occurs in a 2:1 mole ratio of acid to base and thus, we can write the following:


2n_(base)=n_(acid)

Which can be written in molarities and volumes:


2M_(base)V_(base)=M_(acid)V_(acid)

And we solve for the molarity of the acid:


M_(acid)=(2M_(base)V_(base))/(V_(acid))

Unfortunately, the molarity of the base was not given:

"The molarity of an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, , is determined by titration with a M barium hydroxide, , solution. If 31.2 mL of barium hydroxide are required to neutralize 15.4 mL of the acid, what is the molarity of the hydrochloric acid solution?"

Yet we can assume an arbitrary value, say 1.0 M in order to show you the solution so that you can modify it according to your given value:


M_(acid)=(2(1.0M)(31.2mL))/((15.4mL))=4.05M

So you just need to modify the (1.0 M) by the actually given molarity of the acid.

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