The highest pressure gas of a mixture has partial pressure p, the partial pressure of other gases decreases by factor of 2^n-1, the partial pressure of second gases decreases by a factor of 2, partial pressure of third gas increases by 4, and so on, if the total pressure of gas mixture is 31p/16, how many gases are present in the mixture?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 15
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My query is from Ideal Gas Mixtures and Partial Pressure in section Recycle, Bypass, Purge, Ideal Gases and Real Gases of Basic Chemical Engineering