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When 50 grams of hydrocarbon X are burned with oxygen the products are carbon dioxide and water. If 65 grams of water and 100 grams of carbon dioxide are produced, how many grams of oxygen were needed for the reaction?

This was a question on my chemistry homework but I'm unsure of how to figure it out. I tried to find an equations for the reaction but failed.

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