Why do we not breathe back in the CO2 we just breathed out?

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We don’t breathe out with much force, and even if we did, we immediately inhale. So, how do we not just inhale what we just exhaled?

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You do. Some of it at least. You are exhaling way less CO2 than you likely think.

When you inhale, you’re taking in 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.04% CO2.

You exhale 78% nitrogen, 17% oxygen, 4% CO2, and the rest various gasses.

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