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Exhaled Air


name       Will
status     student
age        17

Question - What percent of the air we exhale is oxygen? carbon dioxide?
Atmospheric Air
N2= 78.62%
O2=20.84%
CO2=0.04%
Alveolar Air
N2=74.9%
O2=13.6%
CO2=5.3%


Steve
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