Inside an alveolus (a hollow cavity in lung tissue) with a 1.9 × 10^-4 m radius the gauge pressure due to the surface tension of the fluid lining the wall is 1.3 × 10³ Pa. Assuming the alveolus acts like a spherical bubble in the air, what is the surface tension of the fluid in units of newtons per meter?

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