[Expert Solution]: Ruestion number 2 : A 57 year-old woman…

Ruestion number 2 : A 57 year-old woman presents with 2 days of fevers, dyspnea and a cough productive of rust-colored sputum. Her room air oxygen saturation in the emergency room is found to be 85% and the doctor decides to obtain a room air arterial blood gas while they are waiting for the chest x-ray to be done. The blood gas reveals: pH7.54,PCO_(2)25mmHg,PO265,HCO_(3)-22mE(q)/(L). 1.The acid-base status best described as: (show tic-tac-toe method) What is the main cause f the aci(d)/(b)ase imbalance. If there is partial or full compensation, what is this compensation ?