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If you overshoot the endpoint of the acetic acid/NaOH titration, what is the expected effect on the calculated concentration of acetic acid? Will the calculated concentration of acetic acid be higher or lower?

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Concentration of Acetic acid would higher than it should be.
If I overshoot the endpoint of the Acetic acid/ NaOH titration, I would use more of NaOH than it should be, according to the equation: M(base)V(base)=M(acid)V(acid)V(base)
would higher than it should be, so
M(acid) would be higher than the real concentration.
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