Write the balanced equation for the reaction of acetic acid (CH3COOH) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3). What type of reaction(s) took place?
Please Provide an Explanation. Thank-you!

1. CH3COOH + NaHCO3 —> CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

2. Double Displacement and Decomposition reaction.

Explanation:

1. The balanced equation for the reaction is given below:

CH3COOH + NaHCO3 —> CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

2. There are actually two types of reactions that occur in the reaction between acetic acid (CH3COOH) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)

The first is a DOUBLE DISPLACEMENT reaction in which the acetic acid react with the bicarbonate to form sodium acetate and carbonic acid as shown below:

CH3COOH + NaHCO3 —> CH3COONa + H2CO3

The second type of reaction is DECOMPOSITION REACTION. The carbonic acid (H2CO3) form is unstable and will decompose to form H2O and CO2 as shown below:

H2CO3 —> H2O + CO2

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1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.