Chapter 16, Problem 14ALQ

. Choose the answer that best completes the following statement and defend your answer. When 100.0 mL of water is added to 100.0 mI of 1.00 M HCI.

a. the pH decreases because the solution is diluted.

b. the pH does not change because water is neutral.

c. the pH is doubled because the volume is now doubled.

d the pH increases because the concentration of H decreases

e. the solution is completely neutralized.