Which salt will best be able to buffer the addition of HCl? From these three salts, which will be best able to buffer the addition of $\ce{HCl}$?

ammonium chloride

sodium carbonate

ammonium acetate.



I think sodium carbonate is the right choice because when it dissociates in water forms a basic solution, so when $\ce{HCl}$ mixes with sodium carbonate it will be the best buffer, but it's a weak base so I'm confused. So can someone explain which is best?
To pick the best salt in this case, we should pick the least acidic cation and the most basic anion.
While sodium cannot dissociate into $\ce{H^+}$ ions, ammonium can, so the ammonium salts will be more acidic than their sodium counterparts.
In addition to being the most basic ($\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}(\ce{CO3^{2-}})=3.67$,  $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}(\ce{CH3COO^{-}})=9.24$, $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}(\ce{Cl-})=20.3$), carbonate is also a diacidic base whose conjugate acid is also a stronger base than the other two anions ($\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}(\ce{HCO3-})=7.63$).
So, sodium carbonate is the best choice.