Question

If the measured gas pressure in a collection flask during a gas-forming reaction was determined to be 1.44 atm? If the measured gas pressure in a collection flask during a gas-forming reaction was determined to be 1.44 atm, and the atmospheric pressure that day was measured as 0.95 atm, what is the partial pressure of the gas produced by the reaction?

Answer 1

with the information given most likely in order to find the partial pressure of the gas produced you have to subtract the total air pressure in the collection flask by the atmospheric pressure since you assume that the flask started with atmospheric pressure when it was sealed and then the gas was added as the reaction took place increasing the pressure.
1.44atm-0.95 atm=0.49atm