Dilute H3PO4(aq) and NaOH(aq) are mixed in chemically equivalent quantities. Write the formula equation for the reaction

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There are three chemically equivalent H ions; therefore, there are three neutralization reactions that can be written, one for each H as it is neutralized. Then there is a fourth equation that can be written for all three H ions being neutralized in one reaction.
H3PO4 + 3NaOH ==> Na3PO4 + 3H2O is for all being neutralized in one equation.