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It's not that the concentration of H+ ions goes up because pH goes up. Instead, the pH goes down because H+ concentration increases. I know that's a really subtle difference, but it is crucial. If you're good at math this may help:

pH= -log [H+] where [H+] simply means concentration of hydrogen ions. So, you can see from this formula that as the concentration of hydrogen ions increase, the pH will decrease because it is a negative log. You can also see that the pH is a function of hydrogen concentration. I hope that clears some ideas up for you. Good luck!

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