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Question
Baking soda is a mixture of:
Options
Sodium carbonate and acetic acid
Sodium carbonate and tartaric acid
Sodium hydrogen carbonate and tartaric acid
Sodium hydrogen carbonate and acetic acid
Solution
Baking soda is a mixture of sodium hydrogen carbonate and tartaric acid.
Hence, the correct answer is Sodium hydrogen carbonate and tartaric acid.
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