Now, before we start talking about balancing redox reactions and basic solutions, I highly suggest, if you haven't done so yet, to go back and take a look at my videos on balancing redox reactions in acidic solutions. Now, that's because balancing basic redox reactions requires all the same steps as balancing in an acidic solution plus one additional step.
So if you've mastered how to balance a redox reaction in acidic solution, all this is is adding one last step, T7 to get your balanced redox reaction. Now, we're going to say here that for basic redox reactions, we generally have the presence of hydroxide ion. Remember, hydroxide ion is OH-. All right.
So if you've watched my videos in terms of balancing in acidic solutions, you'll get most of this right off the bat. It's just that step 7 that's going to be a little bit different. So when we get to that point, we'll see what we need to do to balance our redox reaction. For now, click on to the next video and let's take a look at the example question.