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1. Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to determine the ratio of base/acid in a formic acid-formate buffer with a pH of 3.00
2. Assume that the human blood buffer includes, at any one point, 0.00080 M carbonic acid and 0.0080 M hydrogen carbonate. What is the pH of 7.00 liter of blood under these conditions?
3. Metabolic acidosis results in the addition of excess acid to blood. How many moles of strong acid must be added to the blood in question 2 to bring the hydrogen carbonate/ carbonic acid ratio to the hazardous level of 5:1 and what would the pH be?