Our task is to measure the volume of blood in a live hippopotamus. One way to do
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Our task is to measure the volume of blood in a live hippopotamus. One way to do this would be to drain its blood into a suitable container and measure its volume. Aside from the obviously disastrous effect this method would have on the hippo, it would not be very accurate since some blood would still remain behind in the tissues. Instead, we will inject the hippo with 2.00 mL of a 2.00 M dye solution which the hippo will not appreciably metabolize or excrete in one hour, and then measure the dye concentration in the bloodstream after 30 minutes (which should be sufficient time for the dye to thoroughly mix in the bloodstream). After 30 minutes, the concentration of the dye in a 78.0 mL blood sample was found to be 0.0000125 M. What is the volume of blood in the hippo?
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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First
ISBN: 9780321927118
5th Edition
Authors: Steve Russo And Michael Silver