A man ingests 50 mL of methanol (d = 0.8 g/mL, MW = 32 g/mol). To...

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A man ingests 50 mL of methanol (d = 0.8 g/mL, MW = 32 g/mol). To save him you administer ethanol (d = 0.8 g/mL, MW = 46 g/mol) as a competitive inhibitor. a) First calculate the enzyme velocity, in terms of Vmax, assuming that the KM for methanol is 10 mM and that the volume of Dr. Stemp's aqueous body fluids is 60 L. b) To save him, you must reduce the enzyme's activity to 5% of the value in (a). How many mL of ethanol must he drink to do this? Assume KI (ethanol) = 0.2 x KM (methanol) %3D %| A man ingests 50 mL of methanol (d = 0.8 g/mL, MW = 32 g/mol). To save him you administer ethanol (d = 0.8 g/mL, MW = 46 g/mol) as a competitive inhibitor. a) First calculate the enzyme velocity, in terms of Vmax, assuming that the KM for methanol is 10 mM and that the volume of Dr. Stemp's aqueous body fluids is 60 L. b) To save him, you must reduce the enzyme's activity to 5% of the value in (a). How many mL of ethanol must he drink to do this? Assume KI (ethanol) = 0.2 x KM (methanol) %3D %|