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when 21.91 g of CuSO4 is heated to drive off water 14 g of anhydrous copper sulfate remains. what is the formula of the hydrate

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the water of crystallisation is removed from hydrated copper(II) sulfate. The mass of water is found by weighing before and after heating. This information is used to find x in the formula:
cuSO_(4) xh_(2) 0.xH2O

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