How many times is blood filtered in the kidney?

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The kidneys filter approximately 7.5 liters of blood per hour, totaling 180 liters in 24 hours. Given that about 55% of blood is plasma, this results in around 99 liters of plasma being filtered daily. The discussion explores how often plasma is filtered, concluding that it is filtered 60 times in 24 hours. To find out how many times the entire blood volume is filtered, calculations show that the kidneys filter the blood volume approximately 2.5 times in one hour. Understanding these filtration rates is crucial for grasping kidney function and blood processing efficiency.
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The blood that circulates in our body is about 1/12 of our mass. If the kidneys filter 7.5 liter of blood a hour, then how many times does it filter in the kidney the whole blood of a person will mass 60kg?
Here's what my teacher did:
1/12*60=5 liter blood
0.55*5=2.75 liter plasma of blood.
The plasma is filtered 60 times is 24 hours. (how did she find that?)
24 hours ->60 times the plasma filters
1 hour -> x
x=2.5 times
Do you understand her explanation? What should I do next?
 
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If the kidneys filter 7.5 liters of blood in one hour, how many liters do they filter in 24 hours? How many times larger is this than the volume of plasma?
 
In 24 hours 180 liters blood and 0.55*180=99 liters plasma.
 
What should I do next?
 
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