Your Friend Combines Vinegar (Which Contains Acetic Acid, CH₃COOH)and Baking

question 18

Multiple Choice

Your friend combines vinegar (which contains acetic acid, CH₃COOH) and baking soda (NaHCO₃) and ends up with a runny foam.Your friend is pretty sure that the reaction produces water and carbon dioxide because the reaction forms bubbles, but he is unsure of what else the reaction produces.Given the partial reaction below, what do you tell your friend? NaHCO₃ + CH₃COOH → H₂O + CO₂ + ?

• A) This reaction also produces sodium acetate (CH₃COONa).
• B) This reaction also produces methane (CH₄).
• C) This reaction also produces O₂.
• D) This reaction only produces H₂O and CO₂.
• E) This reaction probably produces something else, but it is not possible to determine the identity of the other product(s).

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