Stoichiometry - transferable mole values?

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Homework Statement



I have to find the mass of HCl (in grams) that is produced given the below reaction yields 18.7g of H3PO4.

Homework Equations



PCl5 + 4H20 -> H3PO4 + 5HCl

The Attempt at a Solution



I calculated the # of mols for H3PO4.

I want to confirm if this mol value (0.190815119mol) is also the # of mol of H and # of mol of Cl, with regrards to HCl.. or is the number of mols of each of H and Cl fives times that of 0.190815119mol because of the coefficient "5"HCl ?

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The chemical equation says that for each mole of PCl5 consumed you get 5 moles of HCl, so you would need to multiply 0.191 mol by 5 to get the number of moles of HCl.
 
Alrighty, thanks for the clarification!