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Sodium acetate is formed when ___ reacts with ethanoic acid

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Acetic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide to give a salt. Like all neutralisation reactions as acetic acid is an acid and sodium hydroxide is a strong base.
$C H_{3} C O O H + N a O H \to C H_{3} C O O N a + H_{2} O$

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