What is the equilibrium expression for the following acid dissociation reaction?
CH3COOH + H2O CH3COO- + H3O+
A. [CH3COO-][H3O+]/[CH3COOH][H3O]
B. [CH3COOH][H2O]/[CH3COO-][H3O+]
C. [CH3COOH]/[CH3COO-][H3O-]
D. [CH3COO-][H3O+]/[CH3COOH]
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You need to indicate your thoughts on these. What do you the answers are and why. For example, this looks straight forward to me; i.e., you just plug in the definition.