The following pictures represent equal volumes of aqueous solutions of three acids HA (A = X, Y, or Z); water molecules have been omitted for clarity. Which is the strongest acid?

(a) HX (b) HY (c) HZ (d) All three acids are strong acids and have equal strength.

Video transcript

welcome back everyone equal volumes of three acquis asset solutions are represented by the following image where a corresponds to our different atoms X, Y and Z. Note that the water molecules have been removed from the images to improve clarity. We need to identify the strongest acid and before we do so we want to recall that the greater our acid strength will correspond to a greater amount of dissociation and therefore we would produce more, or we can say a greater concentration of hydro ni. Um Now the prompt notes that we have equal volumes of these Aquarius acidic solutions. So we want to find the solution out of the three that were given with the highest concentration of hydro ni um as corresponding being the solution with the strongest acid. And so looking at our options beginning with H. X, we see that we only have two moles of hydro ni. Um And in comparison with acid H. Y, we see we have three molds of hydro knee. Um We can already roll out acid Hc because we only have one mole of hydro knee. Um and that will correspond to being the weakest acid. So because we see that acid H Y corresponded to a total of three moles of hydro ni. Um meaning it had the most amount of dissociation, we can confirm that H Y is the strongest acid. And so for our final answer we have H Y as the strongest asset out of the three. I hope that everything I explained was clear. Our final answer is going to correspond with choice being the multiple choice. Leave any questions down below, and I'll see everyone in the next practice video.