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Gastric juice contains 3.0g of HCl per litre. If a person produces 2.5 litre of gastric juice per day. How many antacid tablets each containing 400 mg of Al(OH)3 are needed to neutralize all the HCl produced in one day ?


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18

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14

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20

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17

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Solution

The correct option is B

14


geq of HCl = 336.5 2.5 = 0.20548 = geq of Al(OH)3

Weight of Al(OH)3 = 0.20548 × 783 = 5.342 g = 5342mg

No. of tablets =5342400 = 13.35 = 14


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