I am currently taking a chemistry course about acids and bases. One of the things I am a bit confused about, is the acid and base neutralization reaction, and how to balance it. For Example:
$$\ce{NaOH + HCl -> NaCl + H2O}$$ How do you write the ionic and net ionic equations for that?
Note: My main problem here is that my teacher requires us to first write the ionization of the $\ce{HCl}$ into $\ce{H3O+}$ and $\ce{Cl-}$. This is when I get confused, because I don't know how to balance the equations with the $\ce{H3O+}$
Also, I had another question in my exam, which I got wrong because of the balancing. Can you please tell me the correction of it:
Consider the neutralization reaction between nitric acid and calcium hydroxide. Write the balanced neutralization reaction and the ionic and net ionic reactions of it: