Answer :

Explanation:

According to the Bronsted-Lowry conjugate acid-base theory:

An acid is defined as a substance which looses donates protons and thus forming conjugate base.

A base is defined as a substance which accepts protons and thus forming conjugate acid.

For example:

[tex]HCl(aq)+NH_3(aq)\rightarrow Cl^-(aq)+NH_4^{+}(aq)[/tex]

Here, [tex]HCl [/tex] is loosing a proton, thus it is considered as an acid and after losing a proton, it forms [tex]Cl^-[/tex] which is a conjugate base.

And, [tex]NH_3[/tex] is gaining a proton, thus it is considered as a base and after gaining a proton, it forms [tex]NH_4^{+}[/tex] which is a conjugate acid.

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