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  • Calculating the Partial Pressure of Hydrogen in a Gas Mixture
    Dalton's law of partial pressures states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases.

    The partial pressure of a gas is the pressure that the gas would exert if it were the only gas present in the container.

    The partial pressure of a gas can be calculated using the following formula:

    $$P_i=P_T\cdot X_i$$

    Where:

    * $$P_i$$ is the partial pressure of the gas in atm,

    * $$P_T$$ is the total pressure of the mixture in atm,

    * $$X_i$$ is the mole fraction of the gas in the mixture.

    The mole fraction of a gas is the ratio of the number of moles of that gas to the total number of moles of gas in the mixture.

    In this problem, we have a mixture of 0.220 moles CO, 0.350 moles H2, and 0.640 moles He with a total pressure of 2.95 atm.

    We can calculate the mole fraction of H2 using the following formula:

    $$X_{H_2}=\frac{0.350\text{ mol}}{0.220\text{ mol}+0.350\text{ mol}+0.640\text{ mol}}=0.259$$

    We can then use the mole fraction of H2 to calculate the partial pressure of H2 using the following formula:

    $$P_{H_2}=2.95\text{ atm}\times0.259=\boxed{0.765\text{ atm}}$$

    Therefore, the partial pressure of H2 in the mixture is 0.765 atm.

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