Q. and HCl are all strong acids in aqueous solution. In glacial acetic acid medium, their acid strength is such that

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Solution:

In order to compare relative acid strength of strong acids like and HCl, we use glacial acetic as differentiating solvent.

Conductometric measurements on their solutions in glacial acetic acid show that the strength of following mineral acids decreases in order