2. The world record for diving without supplemental air tanks (free diving) is about 125 m, a depth at which the pressure is about 12.5 atm. If a diver's lungs have a volume of 6 L at the surface of the water where the pressure is 1 atm, what is their volume at a depth of 125 m?
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