One of your classmates (or you, perhaps!) forgot to add phenolphthalein indicator before starting the titration, and he/she already began adding sodium hydroxide from the buret! Uh oh...what should be done?    a) Just restart. The trial is completely ruined.   b) Add a couple drops of phenolphthalein into the acid flask. If it remains clear, nothing's wrong. If it changes to dark pink, record the final buret reading and call it

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 One of your classmates (or you, perhaps!) forgot to add phenolphthalein indicator before starting the titration, and he/she already began adding sodium hydroxide from the buret! Uh oh...what should be done? 
 
a) Just restart. The trial is completely ruined.
 
b) Add a couple drops of phenolphthalein into the acid flask. If it remains clear, nothing's wrong. If it changes to dark pink, record the final buret reading and call it a successful trial.
 
c) Add a couple drops of phenolphthalein into the buret to turn the sodium hydroxide solution dark pink. That will really make your instructor happy.......right?
 
d) Add a couple drops of phenolphthalein into the acid flask. If it remains clear, nothing's wrong. If it changes to dark pink, I guess you need to restart!
 
e) Add a couple drops of phenolphthalein into the acid flask just for the heck of it. You need to restart anyways, but why not have some fun?
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