What are the concentrations of H
+, H
2C
2O
4, HC
2O
4- and C
2O
42- in a 0.1 M solution of oxalic acid. K1=10
-2 M and K2 = 10
-5H
2C
2O
4 H
+ + HC
2O
4-0.1-x x+y x
HC
2O
4- H
+ + C
2O
42-x-y x+y y
[itex]K_1 = \dfrac{x(x+y)}{0.1-x} [/itex]
Neglecting x from denominator and y from numerator, I get x=0.031 which is incorrect. Can anyone help? I'm really dumb at ionic equilibrium.