doing a past paper, a question asked what would happen when Cl2 and NaOH reacted, one of the products being NaClO. the answer was:
2NaOH + Cl2 ---> NaClO + NaCl + H2O
why is this the answer? I got it wrong as i put the products as NaClO and HCL, with only one mol of NaOH
please help!!!