Question

The oxidizing agent our bodies use to obtain energy from food is oxygen (from the air). If you breathe 15 times a minute (at rest), taking in and exhaling 0.5 L of air with each breath, what volume of air do you breathe eat day? Air is 21% oxygen by volume.What volume of oxygen do you breathe each day?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Number of breathe per minute = 15times

Volume of air per breath = 0.5L

Percentage of oxygen in air = 21%

Solution

There are 24 hours in a day.

60minutes makes a hour in a day,

I will breathe:

15 times x 60 x 24 = 21600 times in a day

The volume of air I will take in per day:

A breathe = 0.5L of air

21600breathe = 0.5 x 21600 = 10800L of air

Volume of oxygen I will breathe per day:

`(21)/(100)` x 10800 = 2268L of oxygen