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Given information

We are given a reaction where Carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in oxygenated hemoglobin:

To find the equilibrium constant for the above reaction we are given the two reactions and their corresponding equilibrium constants at body temperature:

  
 
 

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The equilibrium constant is the relationship between the amount of reactant and product present at equilibrium in a reversible process at a certain temperature.

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