Posted by Carina 78 on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 9:09am.
I may be missing something but
Ptotal = pCO2 + pN2 + pO2 + pH2O and I don't see anything in the problem to suggest that pO2 and pN2 should be changed to other conditions (temperature etc). BUT, and this is my problem, 659 + 116 = 775 torr which is more than the total of 760. That will make pCO2 negative and that can't be true. Perhaps another tutor can spot the problem.
thanks a lot
DrBob is correct, something is wrong with the data. I suspect it is the value of pN2 should have been typed 569, which is quite close to what is found in Earth's atmosphere.
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