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The alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate is represented by the equation                 \[C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}+NaOH\to C{{H}_{3}}COONa+{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH\]                 Experimentally it is found that for this reaction                 \[\frac{dx}{dt}=k[C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}]\,[NaOH]\]                 Then the reaction is                                        [JIPMER 1999]

A)                 Bimolecular and of first order

B)                 Bimolecular and of second order

C)                 Pseudo?bimolecular

D)                 Pseudo?unimolecular