A sealed glass container contains water and carbon dioxide gas. If there is 0.88 atm CO2 gas and the total pressure inside the container is 1.75 atm what is the partial pressure of water vapor in torr in the glass container? remember sig figs and units

A sealed glass container contains water and carbon dioxide gas If there is 088 atm CO2 gas and the total pressure inside the container is 175 atm what is the pa class=

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Assuming this water in the beginning of the question is also vapor, Dalton's law of partial pressure tells us that the sum of all pressures in a sealed container is equal to the total pressure inside the container, therefore:

Ptotal = P(CO2) + P(H2O)

1.75 = 0.88 + P(H2O)

P(H2O) = 0.87 atm

1 atm is equal to 760 torr, therefore 0.87 atm = 661.2 torr