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What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in exhaled air?
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The percentage of carbon dioxide in exhaled air is more than that of the percentage of carbon dioxide in the inhaled air. Inhaled air has about 0.04% of carbon dioxide. This is also the amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. The exhaled air contains all the carbon dioxide that is a by product of the cellular metabolic processes. Hence, the percentage of carbon dioxide in the exhaled air is 4.4%.
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