Answer to Question #49912 in Chemistry for pat

Question

at rest ,brain gets only 16 % by volume of your blood. calculate how many milliliters of blood are in your brain at rest, if your body contains 5 liters of blood.

Answer 1

Supposethat 5 liters of blood is 100%, so we get the proportion: 5/x = 100%/16%; x = 0.8 liters = 800 milliliters.