Sample 1 (#pH =3#) is 1000 times as acidic as sample 2.
Explanation:
#pH##=##-log_10[H^+]#. It follows that a #DeltapH# of #1# corresponds to a tenfold difference in acidity, of #2#, a hundredfold difference, and #3#, a thousandfold difference: i.e. #10^1#, #10^2#, #10^3#.