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Approximately how many oxygen molecules arrive each second at the mitochondrion of an active person with a mass of ? The following data are available: Oxygen consumption is about of per minute per kilogram of body weight, measured at and . In an adult there are about cells per kg body mass. Each cell contains about 800 . mitochondria.
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VerifiedThe aim of this task is to determine the amount of oxygen per second arriving at each mitochondrion of an person.
For this, we can assume the following data: the consumption of a person is at a temperature and press .
There are cells per body mass and each cell contains mitochondria.
How can we use the ideal gas law to calculate the amount of substance in a gas?
This man consumes about 40 mL / minute kilogram , and his mass is kg
so that
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