Hi, please help
Given a starting amount of 25.0 ml of acetic acid solution and that it takes 15.0 ml of 0.10 M sodium hydroxide to neutralize it. calculate molarity of the acetic acid.

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Hi, please help
Given a starting amount of 25.0 ml of acetic acid solution and that it takes 15.0 ml of 0.10 M sodium hydroxide to neutralize it. calculate molarity of the acetic acid. 

Thanks!

aaronq · Answer

There is shortcut for this type of question, 

$\sf \huge  M_{acid}V_{acid}=M_{base}V_{base}$

M=molarity, V=volume

sweetburger · Answer

Another note is it can be important sometimes to balance the chemical equation from the given products and reactants in the problem given as coefficients can change calculations.

aaronq · Answer

^agreed. in which case you would want to go through the whole stoichiometric calculation

anonymous · Answer

Thank you!