Considering the Dalton's law, the total pressure of the tank is 5.95 atm.
The pressure exerted by a particular gas in a mixture is known as its partial pressure.
So, Dalton's law states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it were alone:
[tex]P_{T} =P_{1} + P_{2} + ... + P_{n}[/tex]
where n is the amount of gases present in the mixture.
This relationship is due to the assumption that there are no attractive forces between the gases.
A tank of gas has partial pressures of nitrogen and oxygen equal to 1.61 atm and 4.34 atm, respectively.
The total pressure of the tank is calculated as:
[tex]P_{T} =P_{nitrogen} + P_{oxygen}[/tex]
So, replacing the respective values:
[tex]P_{T} =1.61 atm+ 4.34 atm[/tex]
Solving:
[tex]P_{T} =5.95 atm[/tex]
Finally, the total pressure of the tank is 5.95 atm.
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