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A swimming pool was sufficiently alkaline so that the carbon dioxide absorbed from the air produced a solution in the pool that was 2 × 10-4 M in carbonate ion.If the pool originally contained 4 × 10-3 M Mg2+,6 × 10-4 M Ca2+,and 8 × 10-7 M Fe2+,then the precipitate that was formed consisted of ________.
(Ksp values are: CaCO3,4.7 × 10-9;MgCO3,4.0 × 10-5;FeCO3,2.0 × 10-11)


A) only MgCO3
B) only CaCO3
C) only FeCO3
D) only CaCO3 and FeCO3
E) MgCO3,CaCO3,and FeCO3

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