Question

A study collects samples of water from the tap in Vacaville and from bottled water available from the Nugget stores and samples their pH levels. The results are in the table below. I find a bottle marked #13 but cannot read the label for the type of water. He measures the pH and gets 6.32. What type of water do you think it is?

Answer 1

see below

Explanation:

the observed ph is 6.32

the mean pH of Tap water is shown below

sum of observations

Mean (Tap) = -----------------------------------

number of observations

(7.24 +7.05 +7.07 +6.6 +7.28 +7.29 +7.05 +6.7 +7.16 +7.07 +7.12 +6.56

= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12

= 7.016

then mean pH of bottle water is shown below

sum of observations

Mean (Bottles) = -----------------------------------

number of observations

(5.35 + 5.29 + 5.46 + 5.4 + 5.95 + 6.22 + 5.43 +5.48 +6.06 +5.33 +5.46 +5.41)

= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12

= 5.57

theoretically.. the higher the pH values should be between 0 to 14.

based from the above results, the mean tap water has an average of 7.016 and by looking at the pH chart... its a neutral or pure water.

while the average pH Bottles has 5.57, this means its more acidic water, or by looking at the pH chart its an acid rain water.

a 6.32pH is below pure water, based on the chart looks like a urine/saliva.