Answer:
A) if each astronaut breathes about 500 cm³, the total volume of air breathed in a year is 14716.8m³.
B) The Diameter of this spherical space station should be 30.4m
Explanation:
The breathing frequency (according to Rochester encyclopedia) is about 12-16 breath per minute. if we take the mean value (14 breath per minute), we can estimate the total breaths of a person along a year:
If we multiply this for the number of people in the station and the volume each breath needs, we obtain the volume breathed in a year.
The volume of a sphere is:
So the diameter is: