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Just as when you exercise you breathe faster, when you sleep your breathing slows.

Your body will adjust it's rate of breathing to accomodate it's needs at the time, when you are sleeping less oxygen is needed since you are inactive.

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because metabolic activity decreases at rest.

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The respiratory rate decreases to 16 times in a minute when in rest

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