SOLUTION: Please, please, please, explain how you get the answer, I came up with 38% and I don't think it's right The formula used to calculate the percentage of body fat for men is:

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Question 33164: Please, please, please, explain how you get the answer, I came up with 38% and I don't think it's right
The formula used to calculate the percentage of body fat for men is:
% Body fat = (-98.42 + 4.15w – 0.082 b) / b
Where “w” is the waist measurement in inches and “b” is the total body weight in pounds
What is the body fat for a man weighing 156 pounds and waist measurement of 32 inches. Round the percentage to the nearest interger.

Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Given the formula, what i have done is correct. However, with the question saying round to nearest integer, i do not think my answer is correct. So i am just questioning the equation being correct.

jon.

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