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Chapter 10 Problem 10.45

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In an experiment reported in the scientific literature, male cockroaches were made to run at different speeds on a miniature treadmill while their oxygen consumption was measured. In 1 hr the average cockroach running at 0.08 km/hr consumed 0.8 mL of \(\mathrm{O}_{2}\) at 1 atm pressure and \(24^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) per gram of insect mass.

(a) How many moles of \(\mathrm{O}_{2}\) would be consumed in 1 hr by a 5.2-g cockroach moving at this speed?

(b) This same cockroach is caught by a child and placed in a 1-qt fruit jar with a tight lid. Assuming the same level of continuous activity as in the research, will the cockroach consume more than 20% of the available \(\mathrm{O}_{2}\) in a 48-hr period? (Air is 21 mol % \(\mathrm{O}_{2}\).)

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O_2

24^{\circ} C

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Title Chemistry: The Central Science 14 
Author Theodore E. Brown; H. Eugene LeMay; Bruce E. Bursten; Catherine Murphy; Patrick Woodward; Matthew E. Stoltzfus
ISBN 9780134414232

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