SOLUTION: How do you solve the following word problem: The pH of water in a small lake in Northern Quebec has dropped from 5.4 to 3.8 in the last 3 years. How many times as acidic as it was

SOLUTION: How do you solve the following word problem: The pH of water in a small lake in Northern Quebec has dropped from 5.4 to 3.8 in the last 3 years. How many times as acidic as it was

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Question 388832: How do you solve the following word problem: The pH of water in a small lake in Northern Quebec has dropped from 5.4 to 3.8 in the last 3 years. How many times as acidic as it was 3 years ago, is the lake now?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
each number is ten times more acidic than the number higher.
5.4-3.8=1.6
10*10*0.6=60 times more acidic
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