Healthy blood has a pH of 7.4. Estimate the ratio of [CO2] to [HCO3-] in the blood. Use the following assumptions and information to help you. assume that carbonic acid and hydrogen carbonate ions are the only contributors to blood pH. Use Ka = 4.3 x 10-7 for H2CO3 To express your answer in terms of CO2, assume that all undissociated carbon acid is present as dissolved CO2. Solve this without the hasselbalch equation, and rather using ice tables if possible.
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![Healthy blood has a pH of 7.4. Estimate the ratio of [CO2] to [HCO3-] in the blood. Use the following assumptions and
information to help you. assume that carbonic acid and hydrogen carbonate ions are the only contributors to blood pH.
Use Ka= 4.3 x 10-7 for H2CO3 To express your answer in terms of CO2, assume that all undissociated carbon acid is
present as dissolved CO2. Solve this without the hasselbalch equation, and rather using ice tables if possible.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4568dfb8-2f6d-46cc-bb72-881df9c1a265%2F703fad7b-1337-4441-b44e-6c8cd0949d2e%2Fqnh8wk_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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