Write chemical equation of the reaction of ethanoic acid with sodium hydroxide.

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Ethanoic acid is commonly known as acetic acid. The balanced chemical reaction between ethanoic acid and sodium metal is shown below.

$C H_{3} C O O H + N a O H \to C H_{3} C O O N a s o d i u m e t h a n o a t e + H_{2} O$

Here, ethanoic acid reacts with base sodium hydroxide to form sodium ethanoate salt and water.

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