QUESTION

The International Space Station is pressurized to 101.3 kPa. If the minimum pressure a human can survive at is 0.47

atm, if a meteorite hits the space station and leaves two holes of 2.54 cm diameter, how long would it take before
the pressure in the space station drops so low that the astronauts would have to evacuate?

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