A comic book villain is holding you at gun point and is making you drink a sample of acid. He gives you a beaker with 100 mL of a strong acid with pH=5. He also gives you a beaker of a strong base with a pH=10. You can add as much of the strong base to the strong acid as you want, and you must then drink the solution. You'd be best off trying to make the solution neutral before drinking it. How much of the base should you add? A. 1 mL B.10 mL C.100 mL D.1000 mL

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A comic book villain is holding you at gun point and is making you drink a sample of acid. He gives you a beaker with
100 mL of a strong acid with pH=5. He also gives you a beaker of a strong base with a pH=10. You can add as much of the
strong base to the strong acid as you want, and you must then drink the solution. You'd be best off trying to make the
solution neutral before drinking it. How much of the base should you add?
A. 1 mL
B.10 mL
C.100 mL
D.1000 mL

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