Calculating Kp for gas mixture from picture

[CroSinus]

Homework Statement

A chemical reaction is described by the equation N₂O₄ <> 2NO₂. The pressure equilibrium constant for the given reaction is equal to 8 Pa. Which picture describes the equilibrium? (Please, see the attached file!).

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Homework Equations

N₂O₄ <> 2NO₂[/B]

The Attempt at a Solution

First I wrote the expression for the equilibrium constant of the given reaction. Kp = p^2(NO2) / p(N2O4). Then I tried to substitute partial pressures with the number of molecules for each type of the gass. It is not clear to me how can I use only number of molecules to replace partial pressures since I have the partial pressure squared in numerator. The pressure squared prevents for some things to be canceled in the expression for Kp if I apply Dalton's law for gas mixtures. Can somebody explain this to me, please. [/B]

 

[Borek]

Agreed, there is not enough data to answer the problem.

For the first picture, assuming the total pressure is P_t, partial pressure of NO₂ is [itex]\frac 1 3 P_t[/itex] and partial pressure of N₂O₄ is [itex]\frac 2 3 P_t[/itex]. Then

[tex]K_p = \frac {P^2_{NO_2}}{P_{N_2O_4}} = \frac {(\frac 1 3 P_t)^2}{\frac 2 3 P_t} = \frac 1 6 P_t[/tex]

Assume P_t=48 Pa and the first image is the correct answer. Problem is, the same can be done for every other image.

 

[CroSinus]

Thanks for answering my question.
My textbook says the correct answer is C. But how did they get that result? Here's the original text of the question in Croatian.

 

[Borek]

But how did they get that result?

Making an error.

C is NOT the correct answer. There is no correct answer to this problem, as it is incomplete.

As I have shown you above - you can "prove" each answer to be the correct one, just assuming different values of the total pressure.

 

[CroSinus]

Right. I agree with you. Unless you know the total pressure of the mixture, it is impossible to solve the problem. Funny textbook.