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2 December, 03:51

The air exhaled from the lungs of a smoker has a concentration of 24 ppm CO. Express the concentration as a percent.

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  1. 2 December, 04:17
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    0.0024%

    Explanation; Parts per million or ppm means out of a million. Usually describes the concentration of something in water or soil. One ppm is equivalent to 1 milligram of something per liter of water (mg/l) or 1 milligram of something per kilogram soil (mg/kg).

    Therefore to convert 24 ppm of CO as a percentage.

    24 ppm * 100%

    (24/10⁶) * 100%

    = 0.0024%
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