Solution: Consider a buffer composed of a mixture of acetic acid and sodium acetate in equal amounts. Which of the following clearly indicates what happens to the buffer when a very small amount of concentrated

Consider a buffer composed of a mixture of acetic acid and sodium acetate in equal amounts. Which of the following clearly indicates what happens to the buffer when a very small amount of concentrated LiOH is added to it.

   [CH₃COOH]      [CH ₃COO ^– ]          pH
A. increases          decreases        decreases
B. decreases         increases          increases
C. increases          decreases         increases
D. decreases         increases          decreases
E. increases          increases           increases