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JEE Main 2026Chemical Kinetics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2026 (02 April Shift 2)

Question

Consider the following gas phase reaction being carried out in a closed vessel at .

time (min)total pressure of the system (mm Hg)
The pressure of at minutes time interval would be _______ mm Hg. (nearest integer)

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 20
Correct answer
20

Step-by-step explanation

For the given gas phase reaction:



Let the initial pressure of be .

At : , ,

At : , ,

Total pressure at time ,

At , the reaction is complete, so

Total pressure at ,

Given mm Hg:

mm Hg

At min, mm Hg:



mm Hg

The pressure of at minutes is mm Hg.

Answer:

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