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Epsom salts, a strong laxative used in veterinary medicine, is a hydrate, which means that a certain number of water molecules are included in the solid structure. The formula for Epsom salts can be written as MgSO4 · x H2O, where x indicates the number of moles of H2O per mole of MgSO4. When 5.469 g of this hydrate is heated to 250°C, all the water of hydration is lost, leaving 2.671 g of MgSO4. What is the value of x?

Give the correct number of significant digits and tell why u used that many!

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MgSO4.xH2O = 24+32+64+x(2+16) = 120+18x

MgSO4 = 24+32+64 = 120

xH2O = 18X

120+18x hydrate results in 120 gms of MgSO4.

Hence, [120/(120+18x)]*5.469 = 2.671

Solving it, we get x = 6.9837

So we can say that x =7. 

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