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13.6 Exercise 13

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A deep-sea diver should breathe a gas mixture that has the same oxygen partial pressure as at sea level, where dry air contains 20.9% oxygen and has a total pressure of 1.01×105 N/m21 . \text{01} \times \text{10}^{5} \text{ N}/\text{m}^{2}. (a) What is the partial pressure of oxygen at sea level? (b) If the diver breathes a gas mixture at a pressure of 2.00×106 N/m22 . \text{00} \times \text{10}^{6} \text{ N}/\text{m}^{2}, what percent oxygen should it be to have the same oxygen partial pressure as at sea level?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 13.6 Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling, exercise 13

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