Arrange the following in the increasing order of their acid strengths:

Chloroethanoic acid, fluoroethanoic acid, propanoic acid.

Give reason in support of your answer.

To arrange the acids in increasing order of their acid strength, we need to consider the effect of the substituents on the carboxyl group.

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