pH problem

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are we supposed to be able to do -log of .06 in our heads???
 
elz787 said:
are we supposed to be able to do -log of .06 in our heads???

You can usually estimate the answer. - log 0.06 = - log (6 * 10^-2) = 2 - log 6. So the answer must be less than 2.

I hope this helps!