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BIO Breathing Oxygen. The density of air under standard

Chapter 1, Problem 57P

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BIO Breathing Oxygen. The density of air under standard laboratory conditions is 1.29 kg/m3, and about 20% of that air consists of oxygen. Typically, people breathe about of air per breath. (a) How many grams of oxygen does a person breathe in a day? (b) If this air is stored uncompressed in a cubical tank, how long is each side of the tank?

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BIO Breathing Oxygen. The density of air under standard laboratory conditions is 1.29 kg/m3, and about 20% of that air consists of oxygen. Typically, people breathe about of air per breath. (a) How many grams of oxygen does a person breathe in a day? (b) If this air is stored uncompressed in a cubical tank, how long is each side of the tank?

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Solution 57P Step 1 : We need to find how many grams of oxygen a person breathe in a day On a average a human breathes 550 liters of pure oxygen in a day Converting this into grams 550 liters × 1gm = 550,000g 1000liters Hence on an average a human inhales 550,000 g of oxygen

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