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    This is the composition of what: Oxygen - 62.81%, carbon - 19.37%, hydrogen - 9.31%, nitrogen - 5.14%, sulfur - 0.64%, phosphorus - 0.63%, other - 2.10%?

    Question #60191. Asked by stina_girl1. (Oct 26 05 12:09 PM)


    peasypod

    		It's the composition of the human body.

    Oct 26 05, 3:43 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Can't be. The human body is at least 60% water - that means that about 40 atoms of every 100 in your body are hydrogen, and about 20 are oxygen (at least, since in every water molecule there's two hydrogen atoms to one of oxygen).

    Oct 27 05, 7:13 AM
    stina_girl1

    		peasypod is correct. this is the composition of the human body.

    Oct 27 05, 8:48 AM
    daddy1161992

    		If we say 60% fluid does it make more sense?

    Oct 30 05, 10:14 AM

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