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As you exhale each breath, you expel about 0.5 L against a pressure of 1 atm.(a) If you br...

As you exhale each breath, you expel about 0.5 L against a pressure of 1 atm.

(a) If you breathe about 30 times per minute, how much work do you do in this way each day? (Neglect any work involved in inhaling.)


 (b) Using the ΔG°′ value for ATP hydrolysis, what is the minimum number of moles of ATP you will utilize per day just in breathing?

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