While setting up an exercise laboratory in a city with an altitude of 8,600 ft (2,775 m), a pulmonary function technologist notices the fuel cell O2 analyzer is displaying 15.2%. Which of the following is the best explanation for this finding?

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While setting up an exercise laboratory in a city with an altitude of 8,600 ft (2,775 m), a pulmonary function technologist notices the fuel cell O2 analyzer is displaying 15.2%. Which of the following is the best explanation for this finding?