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Please help, I lost my previous tutor just when she was explaining the answer

Please help, I lost my previous tutor just when she was explaining the answer-example-1
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Answer:

HCO₂/H₂O is not the acid-base conjugate pair.

Step-by-step explanation:

Acid and conjugate base pairs differ by an H+ ion.

Neither HCO₂ nor H₂O has lost or gained protons.

The conjugate acid of H₂O is H₃O⁺

The conjugate base of HCO₃⁻ is CO₃²⁻

[A conjugate acid has one more H⁺ than its base]

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