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A tank of gas has partial pressures of nitrogen and oxygen equal to 1.61 × 10^4 kPa and 4.34 × 10^3 kPa, respectively. What is the total pressure of the tank

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Answer:

answer is 2.04*10^4 kPa

Step-by-step explanation:

Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures.

it is because that when the volume and the temperature of a gaseous mixture are kept constant, the total pressure of the mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of its gaseous components .

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