Posted by Lynn on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 3:57pm.
You need to read about Dalton's Law. Dalton said that each gas of a mixture exerts its pressure independent of the others. Said another way,
Ptotal = Pagas + Pbgas + Pcgas + Pdgas.......
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