On heating a sample of 25 mg hydrated compound (molecular weight $=250\,\mathrm{g/mol}$) in thermogravimetric analysis, 16 mg of dehydrated compound remains. The number of water molecules lost per molecule of hydrated compound is ____ .
(Molecular weight of water $=18\,\mathrm{g/mol}$)
Answer
Answer (as printed): 5
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