Can we calculate the percentage of red blood cells which are destroyed per day if we assume that all red blood cells have a lifespan of 120 days?

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Approximately 1% of red blood cells are destroyed per day. I was wondering if we could derive this from the assumption that all red blood cells have a lifespan of 120 days.

I think we should assume that the concentration of red blood cells is constant and that red blood cells are continuously created and destroyed at a constant and equal rate.

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The formula for the Mean Time to Faliure says that $t=\frac1p$, where $t$ is the lifetime of an object and $p$ is the fraction of objects that fail.