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A space station is approximately shaped like a cylinder with an interior length of 50 meters, and a diameter of 4 meters. The air inside the space station is at a temperature of 20 C and a pressure of 1 atmosphere (101.3 kPa). A micrometeorite makes a hole 1 cm in diameter in the center of one end of the space station. How much time would it take until the air pressure in the space station was only 0.3 atmosphere? How would this time be different for holes of different diameters?
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