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A flask contains three gases, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and ammonia. The nitrogen has a partial pressure of 9.84 atm, the oxygen has a partial pressure of 643 torr, and the ammonia has a partial pressure of 2865 kPa. What it the total pressure in the flask expressed in atm? (Make sure and do all of your conversions correctly).

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To calculate the total pressure in the flask, we need to convert all the partial pressures to the same unit and then add them together. We can convert the partial pressures of oxygen and ammonia to atm using the following conversions:

1 atm = 760 torr

1 atm = 101.325 kPa

Partial pressure of oxygen in atm = 643 torr / 760 torr/atm = 0.846 atm

Partial pressure of ammonia in atm = 2865 kPa / 101.325 kPa/atm = 28.27 atm

Now we can add up all the partial pressures in atm:

Total pressure in atm = Nitrogen partial pressure in atm + Oxygen partial pressure in atm + Ammonia partial pressure in atm

Total pressure in atm = 9.84 atm + 0.846 atm + 28.27 atm

Total pressure in atm = 38.956 atm

Therefore, the total pressure in the flask is 38.956 atm (rounded to three decimal places).

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