Breathing faster and deeper eliminates more carbon dioxide from the body than normal breathing. Under these circumstances
A) less carbon dioxide will diffuse out of the blood.
B) more carbon dioxide will diffuse into the blood.
C) less carbon dioxide will diffuse into the blood.
D) the amount of carbon dioxide diffusion will remain unchanged.
E) more carbon dioxide will diffuse out of the blood.

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When breathing faster and deeper, more carbon dioxide is expelled from the lungs, leading to a decrease in blood carbon dioxide levels, which causes more carbon dioxide to diffuse out of the blood to maintain equilibrium.

Breathing Faster and Deeper Eliminates More Carbon Dioxide from the Body