Question

A mixture of oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen gases exerts a total pressure of 278 kPa. If the partial pressures of the
oxygen and the hydrogen are 112 kPa and 101 kPa respectively, what would be the partial pressure exerted by the
nitrogen?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.78 atm

Explanation:

78% of the gas particles in a given sample of air, it exerts 78% of the pressure.