Multiple choice

Magnesium oxide, when dissolved in water, forms a new product. Which of the following is the new product thus formed?

  1. Magnesium hydroxide

  2. Magnesium chloride

  3. Magnesium sulphate

  4. Magnesium acetate

  5. Magnesium bromide

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Explanation

This is the correct option. When magnesium oxide is dissolved in water, magnesium hydroxide is formed.

MgO  +  H2O --> Mg(OH)2