Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by carol on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 7:31am.

While you are at rest, your brain gets about 15% by volume of your blood. If your body contains 5.2 L of blood, how many liters of blood are in your brain at rest? and how many quarts?

chemistry - DrBob222, Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 4:48pm
5.2L blood total.
5.2L x 0.15 = ?L to brain.
Look up the conversion factor for L to quarts.

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