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Identify the reactant and write the balanced equation for the following.

Sodium ethanoate reacts with compound Q to give a strong base Na2CO3 and CH4.

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The compound Q is sodalime [NaOH]

CH3COONasodium ethanoate+NaOHsodalimeΔCaOCH4methane+Na2CO3\underset{\text{sodium ethanoate}}{\text{CH}3\text{COONa}} + \underset{\text{sodalime}}{\text{NaOH}} \xrightarrow[\Delta]{\text{CaO}} \underset{\text{methane}}{\text{CH}4} + \text{Na}2\text{CO}3

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