Solved: A stockroom supervisor measured the contents of a

QUESTION:

A stockroom supervisor measured the contents of a partially filled 25.0-gallon acetone drum on a day when the temperature was \(18.0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and atmospheric pressure was 750 mmHg, and found that 15.4 gallons of the solvent remained. After tightly sealing the drum, an assistant dropped the drum while carrying it upstairs to the organic laboratory. The drum was dented and its internal volume was decreased to 20.4 gallons. What is the total pressure inside the drum after the accident? The vapor pressure of acetone at \(18.0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) is 400 mmHg. (Hint: At the time the drum was sealed, the pressure inside the drum, which is equal to the sum of the pressures of air and acetone, was equal to the atmospheric pressure.)