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#Question id: 11090


An aviator is flying at 30,000 ft where the barometric pressure is 226 mm Hg. He is breathing 100% oxygen, his alveolar PCO2 is 40 mm Hg, and his alveolar water vapor pressure is 47 mm Hg. What is the alveolar PO2 of the aviator (in mm Hg)? (Assume that the respiratory quotient is equal to 1.)

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