Thomson realized that the accepted model of an atom did not account for negatively or positively charged particles. Therefore, he proposed a model of the atom which he likened to plum pudding. ... Rutherford with the assistance of Ernest Marsden and Hans Geiger performed a series of experiments using alpha particles.
The pressure that will be exerted if four sample of gas are placed in a single 3.5 container is calculated as below
if each gas occupies 675 mmhg
what about 4 gases in the sample
by cross multiplication
= 675 mm hg x 4/1 = 2.7 x10^3mmhg (answer D)