When you take a normal breath of air, you typically inhale 4.43 x10-4 m3 of air.  Assuming that the air has an oxygen content of 20.82%, the pressure in the lungs is 1.083 x105 Pa and that air is an ideal gas at a temperature of 298.3 K, find the number of oxygen molecules in a normal breath

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When you take a normal breath of air, you typically inhale 4.43 x10-4 m3 of air.  Assuming that the air has an oxygen content of 20.82%, the pressure in the lungs is 1.083 x105 Pa and that air is an ideal gas at a temperature of 298.3 K, find the number of oxygen molecules in a normal breath

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