Question

An increase in pressure will cause a shift of equilibrium towards the side of the reaction with the least moles of gas.
True
False

Answer 1

True

Answer 2

Use some intuition. If you have some quarrelling guys on left side and some on the right. If you put the left one in a small room, will fights increase or decrease?

Answer 3

yes,
If the pressure is enlarged or reduced volume, the equilibrium will shift towards a smaller number of coefficients (least moles of gas)

Answer 4

@FaiqRaees then the left will go to the right

Answer 5

Le Chatelier's principle:
Equilibrium will move in the direction so as to \(resist\) change.

Here "change" is increase pressure, to resist change is to reduce pressure.

Answer 6

Thanks everyone!

Answer 7

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Kevin
@FaiqRaees then the left will go to the right
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Yes to counteract the offset created, the equilibrium shifts to the side which opposes the change hence to the right side.