a gas cylinder contains 2.0 mol of gas X and 6.0 mol of gas Y at a total pressute of 2.1 atm. what is he partial pressure of gas Y?

The answer is 1.6 atm. Let's first calculate the mole fraction of gas Y.

The mole fraction (x) is: x = n1/n, where n1 is a number of moles of an

individual gas in a mixture and n is total moles of the gas mixture. We

know that n1 of gas Y is 6.0 mol (n1 = 6.0 mol) and that there are in

total 8. mol of the gas mixture (n = 2.0 + 6.0 = 8.0 mol). Now calculate

the mole fraction of gas Y. x = 6.0/8.0 = 0.75. Now, let's use the mole

fraction of gas Y (x) and the total pressure (P) to calculate the

partial pressure of gas Y (P1) : x = P1/P. P1 = x * P. If x = 0.75 and P =

2.1 atm, then the partial pressure of gas Y is: P1 = 0.75 * 2.1 atm =

1.6 atm.

this would equal 1.6 atm