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.
