You are so excited - your first summer job! You are a hot-tub maintenance assistant. You travel to homes, making sure the pH of their hot-tub water is correct (between 7 and 7.6), and adjusting and cleaning when necessary. But before you get started, you need to answer the following questions.

1. What is pH? What do you use to test it? Why would it be important to keep the pH of hot-tub water between 7 and 7.6? (4 points)

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You are so excited - your first summer job! You are a hot-tub maintenance assistant. You travel to homes, making sure the pH of their hot-tub water is correct (between 7 and 7.6), and adjusting and cleaning when necessary. But before you get started, you need to answer the following questions.

1. What is pH? What do you use to test it? Why would it be important to keep the pH of hot-tub water between 7 and 7.6? (4 points)

leahc246 · Answer

pH in the simplest terms, is a measure of how acidic or basic a solution is. If you have a pool, you probably own test strips which are color coded to tell you the pH. If the pH in the hot tub is not within the 7-7.6 safe range, the water could get too acidic or basic causing rashes and other ailments.