According to Dalton, the pressure of a mix of gases in a single container is the sum of all of the pressures of the individual gases: Ptotal = Pa + Pb + … If a 20.0L container at 30°C has 3.4 atm of methane and 1.68 atm of ethane, what is the total pressure of the container?

The correct answer is 5.08 atm

Explanation:

This question tests our knowledge of the Dalton's law of partial pressures which is stated in the question; that the pressure of a mixture of non-reacting gases in a single container is the sum of all the pressures of the individual gases.

It can hence be represented mathematically as Ptotal = Pa + Pb + ...

Ptotal = pressure of methane + pressure of ethane

Ptotal = 3.4 atm + 1.68 atm

Ptotal = 5.08 atm

no, the red giant is the hottest with 2.00.000.000 degrees celsius. while the white dwarf only 25,000 degrees celsius.

substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon:

- the single bond remains single. a is wrong.

- the bond with hydrogen is as strong as with a halogen. c is wrong

- a hydrocarbon is saturated if there is no double bond. we do not know that so d is wrong.

- carbon will always have four valence electrons. e is wrong.

by elimination, the correct answer is b. the boiling point of the new compound increases.