According to the ideal gas law, a 9.985 mol sample of krypton gas in a 0.8225 L container at 503.3 K should exert a pressure of 501.4 atm. By what percent does the pressure calculated using the van der Waals' equation differ from the ideal pressure? For Kr gas, a = 2.318 L2atm/mol2 and b = 3.978E-2 L/mol.

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surry99 · Answer

This is a straight substitution into the Van der Waal gas equation.  Make sure you write in your units