1) Find the pH of 0.54 M C5H5N(aq) given that its Kb = 1.7×10^-9.

The answer I got is 2.75 but I got it wrong. The answer is supposed to be 9.48. Why?

2) Find the pH of a 0.864 M NH4Cl solution given that the Kb of NH3 = 1.8x10^-5 at 25 °C.

How would I start off this?

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1) Find the pH of 0.54 M C5H5N(aq) given that its Kb = 1.7×10^-9.

The answer I got is 2.75 but I got it wrong. The answer is supposed to be 9.48. Why?

2) Find the pH of a 0.864 M NH4Cl solution given that the Kb of NH3 = 1.8x10^-5 at 25 °C.

How would I start off this?