An acid can react with a metal hydroxide to form a salt and water. Name the salt formed when sodium hydroxide reacts with ethanoic acid.

The salt formed when sodium hydroxide reacts with ethanoic acid is sodium ethanoate (or sodium acetate) and water.

When sodium hydroxide (NaOH) reacts with ethanoic acid (CH3COOH), the salt formed is called sodium ethanoate or sodium acetate (CH3COONa).