The reaction of calcium hydride, $\mathrm{CaH}_2$, with water can be characterized as a Lewis acid-base reaction: $\mathrm{CaH}_2(s)+2 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}(l) \longrightarrow \mathrm{Ca}(\mathrm{OH})_2(a q)+2 \mathrm{H}_2(\mathrm{~s})$ Identify the Lewis acid and the Lewis base among the reactants. The reaction is also an oxidation-reduction reaction. Identify the oxidizing agent, the reducing agent, and the changes in oxidation number that occur in the reaction.

Suppose that your utility function over health care $(h)$ and other goods $(c)$ is given by $U(h, c)$ and that you have a fixed income of $\$ 100$. (Assume that the indifference curves of your utility function bear the usual convex shape.) Each year, you choose $h$ and $c$ to maximize your utility subject to a budget constraint:

$$p_h h+p_c c=Y$$

where $p_h$ is the price of health care, $p_c$ is the price of other goods, and $Y$ is your income. In year 1 , the price of health care is $\$ 1$, while the price of other goods is $\$ 2$. At these prices, you demand 30 units of health care and 35 units of other goods. In year 2, your utility function and your income do not change, but prices do. Health care becomes more expensive at $\$ 1.50$, while other goods become cheaper at $\$ 1.50$. At these prices, you demand 20 units of health care.

a. Assuming you spend all your income in year 2, how many units of other goods do you buy?
b. Draw a graph with your demand for health care on the horizontal axis and your demand for other goods on the vertical axis. On this graph, draw your budget constraints in year 1 and in year 2 . On these budget lines, indicate your demand points for $h$ and $c$ in year 1 and year 2 . Also draw concave indifference curves tangent the points in year 1 and year 2 that represent your demand. Label the indifference curves $U_1$ and $U_2$.
c. Do the price changes leave you better off, worse off, or the same as before? Is this result just for the indifference curves you drew, or will it hold for any set of convex indifference curves?
d. Draw a budget constraint that answers the question: How much income do you need this year to buy the same bundle of goods from last year? In other words, draw a budget constraint with a slope that reflects year 2 prices but that intersects the year 1 bundle.
e. Either geometrically or algebraically, use this budget constraint to calculate the Laspeyres price index; that is, the amount of money you need to buy the year 1 bundle in year 2 , divided by the money you paid for it in year 1 .
f. Now draw a budget constraint that answers the question: How much income do you need this year to get to the same level of utility from last year? In other words, draw a budget constraint with a slope that reflects year 2 prices that lies tangent to $U_1$.
g. Does the Laspeyres price index overstate or understate the welfare effect of the price changes? Assume now that you draw utility not only from health care $(h)$ and other goods $(c)$ but also from futuristic health care $(f)$. Futuristic health care did not exist in year 1 or year 2; it was as though the price was so high that you demanded none of it. In year 3 , futuristic health care is invented and the price is $\$ 10$ per unit of $f$. Meanwhile, the prices of $h$ and $c$ both double to $\$ 3$.
h. Calculate a Laspeyres price index for the changes from year 2 to year 3 . Remember to use the bundle of goods from year 2 .
i. According to your result from the previous question, are you better off in year 2 or year 3 (assuming constant income)?
j. In year 3, you purchase 5 units of $f$ and 10 units of $h$. Explain how you might actually have more utility in year 3 than year 2 despite the Laspeyres price index result.
k. How did your total health care expenditures (on both $h$ and $f$ ) change from year 2 to year 3 ?
l. Explain why you cannot use this result to conclude that health care is getting more expensive or less expensive.

Sodium chloride and strontium chloride are both white solids. How could you distinguish one from the other?

Arrange the following in order of increasing electronegativity: $\mathrm{F} ; \mathrm{Cl} ; \mathrm{O}$; and $\mathrm{S}$.

Determine the oxidation state of sulfur in each of the following: (a) $\mathrm{SO}_3$ (b) $\mathrm{SO}_2$ (c) $\mathrm{SO}_3 2-$

Determine the oxidation number of each element in each of the following compounds: (a) $\mathrm{HCN}$ (b) $\mathrm{OF}_2$ (c) $\mathrm{AsCl}_3$

Write balanced chemical equations for the reaction of the following acid anhydrides with water: (a) $\mathrm{SO}_3$ (b) $\mathrm{N}_2 \mathrm{O}_3$ (c) $\mathrm{Cl}_2 \mathrm{O}_7$ (d) $\mathrm{P}_4 \mathrm{O}_{10}$ (e) $\mathrm{NO}_2$

Nitrogen in the atmosphere exists as very stable diatomic molecules. Why does phosphorus form less stable $\mathrm{P}_4$ molecules instead of $\mathrm{P}_2$ molecules?

Carbon forms a number of allotropes, two of which are graphite and diamond. Silicon has a diamond structure. Why is there no allotrope of silicon with a graphite structure?

Suppose you discovered a diamond completely encased in a silicate rock. How would you chemically free the diamond without harming it?

A hydride of silicon prepared by the reaction of $\mathrm{Mg} 2 \mathrm{Si}$ with acid exerted a pressure of 306 torr at $26^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ in a bulb with a volume of $57.0 \mathrm{~mL}$. If the mass of the hydride was $0.0861 \mathrm{~g}$, what is its molecular mass? What is the molecular formula for the hydride?

From the data given in Appendix I, determine the standard enthalpy change and the standard free energy change for each of the following reactions: (a) $\mathrm{BF}_3(\mathrm{~g})+3 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}(l) \longrightarrow \mathrm{B}(\mathrm{OH})_3(\mathrm{~s})+3 \mathrm{HF}(\mathrm{g})$ (b) $\mathrm{BCl}_3(\mathrm{~g})+3 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}(l) \longrightarrow \mathrm{B}(\mathrm{OH})_3(\mathrm{~s})+3 \mathrm{HCl}(\mathrm{g})$ (c) $\mathrm{B}_2 \mathrm{H}_6(\mathrm{~g})+6 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}(\mathrm{l}) \longrightarrow 2 \mathrm{~B}(\mathrm{OH})_3(s)+6 \mathrm{H}_2(\mathrm{~g})$

Write a formula for each of the following compounds: (a) silicon dioxide (b) silicon tetraiodide (c) silane (d) silicon carbide (e) magnesium silicide

Predict the best choice in each of the following. You may wish to review the chapter on electronic structure for relevant examples. (a) the most metallic of the elements $\mathrm{Al}, \mathrm{Be}$, and $\mathrm{Ba}$ (b) the most covalent of the compounds $\mathrm{NaCl}, \mathrm{CaCl}_2$, and $\mathrm{BeCl}_2$ (c) the lowest first ionization energy among the elements $\mathrm{Rb}, \mathrm{K}$, and $\mathrm{Li}$ (d) the smallest among $\mathrm{Al} \mathrm{Al}^{+}$, and $\mathrm{Al}^{3+}$ (e) the largest among $\mathrm{Cs}^{+}, \mathrm{Ba}^{2+}$, and $\mathrm{Xe}$