Question

Five gases combined in a gas cylinder have the following partial pressures: 3.00 atm (N2), 1.80 atm (O2), 0.29 atm (Ar), 0.18 atm (He), and 0.10 atm (H). What is the total pressure that is exerted by the gases?
a. 5.08 atm
b. 5.19 atm
c. 5.27 atm
d. 5.37 atm

If you can give the answer then the explanation that is better for me, working the other way around just gets me confused

Answer 1

Every gas exerts its own particular pressure in different conditions, For example in this case, we have to assume that the container in empty, and has no pressure meaning the container is under a slight vacuum. In that condition, if you place a gas like N2 that has a pressure of 3 atm, the total pressure inside the container will be 3atm or 303.975Kps. From here if you keep on filling the container with the gases mentioned above with their particular pressure, the container will start to get under high pressure because all those gases are accumulating and thus it is exerting more and more pressure to the sides of the walls of the container. Therefore the total pressure inside the container will be 5.37 atm or 544011 Kpa which is quick a bit of force.

Answer 2

544.11Kpa*