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Is it acceptable to simply add the partial pressure of each species to determine the total pressure? why or why not?.

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Partial pressure the the amount of pressure exerted from a mixture of gasses. So the total pressure of the solution will be the sum of the partial pressure, even if a constituent has is inert.
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