Resting muscle has a lower respiration rate than active muscle. The graph shows oxygen dissociation curves for haemoglobin at carbon dioxide concentrations that are found in a resting muscle and an active muscle. P and Q are at the partial pressures of oxygen found in the lungs. R and S are at the partial pressures of oxygen found in either a resting muscle or an active muscle. Which statements are correct?
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