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)