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Q. Ammonia gas dissolves in water to form $ NH_{4}OH$ . In this reaction water acts as

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Solution:

$H _{2} O + NH _{3} \rightleftharpoons NH _{4}^{+}+ OH ^{-}$
In this reaction $H _{2} O$ acts as acid because it donate a proton.