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The combustion reaction of octane is:
2 C8H18 + 25 O2 = 16 CO2 + 18 H2O
So, the number of oxygen molecules is 25.
The isomer trimethylpentane is used as standard in octane rating: the end of the scale at 100.

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The balanced equation is: 2C8H18 + 25O2 --> 16CO2 + 18H2O

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The balanced equation for complete combustion of C8H18 is
2C8H18 + 25O2 ---> 16CO2 + 18H2O, so the coefficient for O2 would be 25.

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