Chemists studied the formation of phosgene, COCl₂, by sealing 0.96 atm carbon monoxide and 1.02 atm Cl₂ in a reactor at 682 K. The pressure declined smoothly from a total pressure of 1.98 atm to 1.22 atm as the system reached equilibrium. Calculate K_p for the following reaction:

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CO(g) + Cl(g) COC1(g)