when doing a flame test:

the hydrated salt is overheated and the anhydrous salt thermally decompose, one product being a gas; will the reported value of x be too high, too low on the unaffected?

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I can't for the life of me figure out what a flame test has to do with a reported value.
Ok maybe I didn't understand the question, I guess it doesn't, I just assumed it was a flame test