A sample of exhaled air from the lungs contains four gases with the following partial pressures: N_{2} (563 mm Hg), O_{2} (118 mm Hg), CO_{2} (30. mm Hg), and H_{2}O (50. mm Hg). What is the total pressure of the sample?
Analysis
Using Dalton’s law, the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures.