document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162892>Question 1162892</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A gas cylinder at a total pressure of 781 mm Hg contains three gases, helium at a partial pressure of 10 mmHg, neon at a partial pressure of 13 mm Hg and nitrogen gas. What is the partial pressure of the nitrogen gas? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "758 mmHg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23 mmHg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "804 mmHg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "735 mmHg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dalton's law expresses the fact that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum \r\n" );
document.write( "of the partial pressures of the individual gases in the mixture. This equality arises from the fact \r\n" );
document.write( "that in an ideal gas the molecules are so far apart that they do not interact with each other. \r\n" );
document.write( "Most actual real-world gases come very close to this ideal. \r\n" );
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document.write( "See this Wikipedia article\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_pressure#:~:text=In%20a%20mixture%20of%20gases,mixture%20at%20the%20same%20temperature.&text=The%20partial%20pressure%20of%20a,activity%20of%20the%20gas's%20molecules.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to learn the subject from there.\r<BR>\n" );
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