name the salt and gas produced by washing and baking soada solutions with ethanoic acid giving ppropriate reactions

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Solution

The reactions taking place are as follows:

Washing Soda:
2CH₃COOH +Na₂CO₃ ----------> 2CH₃COONa +H₂O +CO₂

Baking Soda:

CH₃COOH + NaHCO₃----------> CH₃COONa+ H₂O+ CO₂

The salt formed is Sodium acetate and the gas released is carbon-dioxide.

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