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Question
Of the total volume of air – 4/5th is nitrogen. State the utility or consequence of this ratio.
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Solution
The consequence of having 1/5 oxygen and 4/5 nitrogen in air would have been that earth would not have supported this kind of live and there would have been no balance of air and no photosynthesis.
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