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In an experiment reported in the scientific literature, malecockroaches were made to run at different speeds on a miniaturetreadmill while their oxygen consumption was measured. In one hourthe average cockroach running at 0.08km/hr consumed 0.8 mL of O2 at1 atm pressure and 24 ?C per gram of insect weight.

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How many moles of O2 would be consumed in 1 hr by a 5.4?gcockroach moving at this speed?

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This same cockroach is caught by a child and placed in a 1-qtfruit jar with a tight lid. Assuming the same level of continuousactivity as in the research, will the cockroach consume more than20% of the available O2 in a 48-hr period? (Air is 21 mol percentO2)

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