The volume of air taken in by a warm-blooded vertebrate is 236 L/day at standard temperature and pressure (i.e., 0.0°C and 1.00 atm). If the air in the lungs is at 37.2°C, under a pressure of 450 mm Hg, and assuming that the vertebrate takes in an average volume of 112 cm3 per breath at the temperature and pressure of its lungs, how many breaths does this vertebrate take per day?

The volume of air taken in by a warm-blooded vertebrate is 236 L/day at standard temperature and pressure (i.e., 0.0°C and 1.00 atm). If the air in the lungs is at 37.2°C, under a pressure of 450 mm Hg, and assuming that the vertebrate takes in an average volume of 112 cm3 per breath at the temperature and pressure of its lungs, how many breaths does this vertebrate take per day?

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