Question: In The Equation: YO2=p)2/(p50+pO2) 0.15=p02/(5+pO2) 0.75+0.15pO2=pO2 0.75=0.85 PO2 PO2= 0.88 Torr What Happened In The Last Two Steps? Where Did The 0.85 Come Out Of? What Calculation Happened That Gave 0.85? After That, The Same Thing With The Final 0.88torr? Where Did The Number Come From? We’re Trying To Find The PO2 For Myoglobin When It’s 15% Saturated …

In the equation:

YO2=p)2/(p50+pO2)

0.15=p02/(5+pO2)

0.75+0.15pO2=pO2

0.75=0.85 pO2

pO2= 0.88 torr

What happened in the last two steps? Where did the 0.85come out of? What calculation happened that gave 0.85? After that,the same thing with the final 0.88torr? Where did the number comefrom?

We’re trying to find the pO2 for myoglobin when it’s 15%saturated with oxygen. But I’m not asking about that, Ijust want to know about the last two steps of that equation andwhere the numbers came from.