You are titrating an acidic solution with a basic one, and justrealized you forgot to add the indicator that tells you whenthe equivalence point is reached. In this titration, the indicatorturns blue at the equivalence point from an initiallycolorless solution. You quickly grab a bottle of indicator andadd some to your titration beaker, and the whole solutionturns dark blue. What do you do now?

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You are titrating an acidic solution with a basic one, and just
realized you forgot to add the indicator that tells you when
the equivalence point is reached. In this titration, the indicator
turns blue at the equivalence point from an initially
colorless solution. You quickly grab a bottle of indicator and
add some to your titration beaker, and the whole solution
turns dark blue. What do you do now?

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