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Q:Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   John was looking at the bases and noticed something. The higher the pH of the substance, the amount of basic it was Increased or Decreased?    Paragraph :  For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
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Based on the information from the paragraph, the higher the pH of the substance, the amount of basic it was increased.
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