What is the pH of the buffer solution that results when 58.50 g of sodium acetate (NaCH3CO2) (Formula Mass = 82.02 g mol-1) is added to 1 litre of 0.45 mol L-1 acetic acid (CH3CO2H) ?

Data: Ka for CH3CO2H = 1.8 x 10-5

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Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.