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How can different gases share one box and each add pressure? Picture red and blue balls bouncing randomly in the same box. Gas particles spread through the whole container, each hitting its walls. They don't need separate spaces. A gas's partial pressure is what it would make if it alone filled the box at the same temperature. If gas A contributes 2 atmospheres and gas B contributes 1, Dalton's law adds their shares: 2 plus 1 equals 3 atmospheres total. For non-reacting ideal gases, Dalton's law is exact: total pressure is the sum of those shares. For many real gases, it is approximately true at low pressure. A gas's share also equals its mole fraction-the fraction of total moles belonging to that gas-times total pressure. So, each gas adds its own pressure share, like colored balls hitting the same box walls.