Calculating Formic Acid & Sodium Formate for pH Change

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A solution is to be buffer at pH = 3:35 with formic acid and formate.
(a) How many moles of formic acid and sodium formate are needed if the solution is to change pH by < 0:02
for the addition of 0.02 moles of strong acid?

i need help how to set up a problem like this, i don't even know how to approche it !
 
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