A triangle points down, 25 is below the triangle, 5 is to the right of the triangle, one dot, and 26 is above the triangle. Next to the triangle is a solid circle with a single white line down the middle. Lines in the shape of an F extend from the top of the circle, slightly left of the white line. 1010 is to the right with a negative 6 below it. Fill in the blank to complete each statement.

The air pressure is ( ) millibars.

The temperature is ( ) degrees.

The dew point is ( )degrees.

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i.e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).