SOLUTION: The body-mass index, or BMI, is used by physicians to assess a person's level of body fat. The BMI varies directly as an individual's weight in pounds and inversely as the square o

Question 455514: The body-mass index, or BMI, is used by physicians to assess a person's level of body fat. The BMI varies directly as an individual's weight in pounds and inversely as the square of the individual's height in inches. A person who weighs 118 pounds and is 64 inches tall has a BMI of 20. (The BMI is rounded to the nearest whole number.) Find the BMI of a person who weighs 165 pounds with a height of 70 inches.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
165x702/72x72=115830/5184=22.344

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