The client's lab values are sodium 166 meq/l, potassium 5.0 meq/l, chloride 115 meq/l, and bicarbonate 35 meq/l. what condition is this client likely to have, judging by anion gap?

The anion value of 21mEq/L suggest the client will have metabolic acidosis

Explanation:

Anion gap is the interval or difference between measured cations (Sodium and Potassium) with the sum of measured anions (chloride and bicarbonate)

Using the above mentioned data

(166 + 5) - (115 + 35)  =  21mEq/L

Therefore the Anion gap = 21mEq/L

substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon:

- the single bond remains single. a is wrong.

- the bond with hydrogen is as strong as with a halogen. c is wrong

- a hydrocarbon is saturated if there is no double bond. we do not know that so d is wrong.

- carbon will always have four valence electrons. e is wrong.

by elimination, the correct answer is b. the boiling point of the new compound increases.