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Nitric acid, hno3, is a very strong acid. it is 100% ionized in water. in the reaction below, would the position of equilibrium lie to the left or to the right? no3-(aq) + h2o hno3(aq) + oh-(aq) select the single best answer.

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Answer is: the position of equilibrium lie to the left.
Chemical reaction: NO₃⁻(aq) + H₂O(l) ⇄ HNO₃(aq) + OH⁻(aq).
Because nitric acid is very strong acid, NO₃⁻ is it weak conjugate base.
This weak base reacts very little with water, but nitric acid reacts very easy with hyroxide ions producing NO₃⁻ and water, so there are more compounds on the left side of the reaction that on the right side.