The reaction between silver nitrate and sodium hydroxide is a double displacement reaction. Silver nitrate is mixed with sodium hydroxide to form silver hydroxide and sodium nitrate. The chemical formulas for silver nitrate, sodium hydroxide, silver hydroxide and sodium nitrate are AgNO3, NaOH, AgOH and NaNO3 respectively. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is;
AgNO3 + NaOH ------ > AgOH + NaNO3
AgNO3 + NaOH ------ > AgOH + NaNO3