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In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

Question: John was looking at some chemicals in the chemistry lab. He saw that the higher the ph value was, the base became 
 Answer: Larger
Output:
The higher the pH value is, the stronger the base.