How will acetic acid react with ammonium hydroxide

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The reaction is as follows:
CH₃COOH+NH₄OH→CH₃COONH₄+H₂O.
It is a simple acid-base reaction.Ammonium Hydroxide(NH₄OH) and acetic acid(CH₃COOH) have both H^₊ and OH^- ions but in their aqueous state.Ammonium hydroxide liberates OH^- ions in the solution as H⁺ ions remain attached to Nitrogen atom forming NH₄⁺whereas, acetic acid liberates H⁺ ions in the soluiton .which makes it acidic and ammonium hydroxide as a base.

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