Answer: Potassium Chloride
Explanation:
Two independent variables could change at the same time, and you would not know which variable affected the dependent variable
<span>Consider two solutions: solution X has a pH of 4; solution Y has a pH of 7. From this information, we can reasonably conclude that </span>the concentration of hydrogen ions (H⁺) or hydronium ions (H₃O⁺) in solution X is thousand times as great as the concentration of hydrogen ions or hydronium ions in solution Y.
Solution X: c(H⁺) = 10∧-pH = 10⁻⁴ mol/L = 0,0001 mol/L.
Solution Y: c(H⁺) = 10⁻⁷ mol/L = 0,0000001 mol/L.
0,0001 mol/L / 0,0000001 mol/L = 1000.
The values of x represents that number of moles of water molecules that is present per mole of the salt magnesium sulfate. To determine the value for this, we need to know how much is the water that is lost after heating the sample assuming that all of the water molecules are evaporated leaving only the unhydrated form of the salt. We calculate as follows:
Mass of hydrated salt = 3.484 g
Mass after heating = 1.701 g
Mass lost = 3.484 g - 1.701 g = 1.783 g
The mass lost is equal to the mass of water lost.
Moles water lost = 1.783 g ( 1 mol / 18.02 g ) = 0.0989 mol H2O
Moles of unhydrated salt = 1.701 g ( 1 mol / 120.37 g ) = 0.0141 mol MgSO4
moles water / moles MgSO4 = 0.0989 mol H2O / 0.0141 mol MgSO4 = 7
Therefore, the value of x is 7.
