When metal oxides react with ___, they form salt and water.

acids

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bases

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water

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metals

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Solution

The correct option is A acids
Metal oxides and metal hydroxides are basic in nature. So they react with acid to form salt and water. Here metal displaces hydrogen in acid and forms a salt. Displaced hydrogen adds with oxygen in metal oxide to form water.

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