Benzoic acid is a weak acid used as a food preservative. A solution of it in water at has a conductivity of , after the small conductivity of the water has been taken away. The limiting molar conductivities of three strong electrolytes at are, in : HCl 425.9, NaCl 126.4 and sodium benzoate 82.4. The first two values are NCERT's. Use Kohlrausch's law of independent migration of ions, and take the degree of dissociation as . Use Ostwald's law in full, , keeping the . The dissociation constant of benzoic acid is . What is , to the nearest integer?
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