What is the ratio of lactic acid (Ka = 1.37x10-4) to lactate in a solution with pH =4.01?   Write your ratio out as a number containing a decimal.

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What is the ratio of lactic acid (Ka = 1.37x10-4) to lactate in a solution with pH =4.01?
 
Write your ratio out as a number containing a decimal.


 
  
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