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A space station has an interior volume of 50m ^ 3 and at 25 °C it maintains an atmosphere of 10 ^ 5 Pa, which can be considered an ideal gas. If a 5mm diameter meteor makes a hole in the station wall, calculate:
a) the number of molecules that leave space per second.
b) the time in which the pressure would be reduced by 10% (for simplicity, suppose that the atmosphere contains only N2).