Question

Which of the following statements correctly distinguishes between an acidic and a basic solution?

1)An acidic solution contains a high ratio of hydrogen ions to hydroxide ions and a basic solution contains a ratio that is closer to one.
2)An acidic solution has a high pH and a basic solution has a low pH.
3)An acidic solution has only hydrogen ions and a basic solution has only hydroxide ions.
4)An acidic solution has a much higher hydrogen ion concentration than a basic solution.

Answer 1

@aaronq ?

Answer 2

acidic solutions contain a larger ratio of hyrogen ions and the more acidic a solution is the lower the pH so the answer out of the four is 4
since a basic solution can have hydrogen ions but it has a greater ratio of hydroxide ions