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Two identical cylinders contain helium at 2.5 atm and argon at 1 atm respectively. If both the gases are filled in one of the cylinders, the pressure would be

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3.5 atm
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1.75 atm
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1.50 atm
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1 atm
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Solution

The correct option is A 3.5 atm

Dalton's law (also
called Dalton's law of partial pressures) states that the total
pressure exerted by the mixture of non-reactive gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of individual gases.
Ptotal=P1+P2

=1+2.5

=3.5 atm


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