(a). 5.5 g of a mixture FeSO₄.7H₂O and Fe₂(SO₄)₃.9H₂O requires 5.4 ml of 0.1 N KMnO₄ solution for complete oxidation. Calculate the number of gram mole of hydrated ferric sulphate in the mixture.

(b). The vapour density (hydrogen = 1) of a mixture consisting of NO₂ and N₂O₄ is 38.3 at 26.7^oC. Calculate the number of moles of NO₂ in 100 g of the mixure.

4.215 g of a metallic carbonate was heated in a hard glass tube and the CO₂ evolved was found to measure 1336 ml at 27^oC and 700 mm pressure. What is the equivalent weight of metal?

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"Atomic weights of most of the elements are fractional."

One gram of an alloy of aluminium and magnetism when treated with excess of dil. HCl forms magnesium chloride, aluminium chloride and hydrogen. The evolved hydrogen, collected over mercury at $${0^o}C$$ has a volume of 1.20 litres at 0.92 atm. pressure. Calculate the composition of the alloy. [H = 1, Mg = 24, Al = 27]