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Identify the base in this acid-base reaction:

Upper N a upper O upper H plus upper H upper C l right arrow upper N a upper C l plus upper H subscript 2 upper O.

NaOH

HCl

NaCl

H2O

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NaOH.

Reason: NaOH dissociates to Na+ and OH−; OH− accepts a proton from HCl (a Brønsted–Lowry acid) to form H2O, so NaOH (via OH−) is the base.