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The vapour pressures of chloroform CHCl3, dichloromethane CH2Cl2 at 298 K are 200 mmHg and 415 mmHg, respectively. An ideal solution is prepared by mixing 59.75 g of CHCl3 and 21.25 g of CH2Cl2, the mole fractions of chloroform and dichloromethane in vapour phase, respectively are

  1. A 0.509,0.491
  2. B 0.491,0.509
  3. C 0.201,0.799
  4. D 0.799,0.201
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(B) 0.491,0.509

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The expression for moles of CHCl3 is given as, n=mCHCl3MCHCl3=59.75 g119.5 g·mol-1=0.5 mol The expression for moles of CH2Cl2 is given as, n=mCH2Cl2MCH2Cl2=21.25 g85 g·mol-1=0.25 mol The mole fraction of CH2Cl2, is given as:…