SOLUTION: Use a model for body surface area, BSA, such that BSA = sqrt (wh/3600) , where w = weight in kg and h = height in cm. Find the weight of a 179-cm male to the nearest kg whos

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Question 1124492: Use a model for body surface area, BSA, such that
BSA = sqrt (wh/3600) , where w = weight in kg and h = height in cm.

Find the weight of a 179-cm male to the nearest kg whose
BSA = 2.3.
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

, where = weight in and = height in .
Find the weight of a -cm male to the nearest whose .






.....square both sides




kg

kg, to the nearest kg



Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Use a model for body surface area, BSA, such that
BSA = sqrt (wh/3600) , where w = weight in kg and h = height in cm.

Find the weight of a 179-cm male to the nearest kg whose
BSA = 2.3.
 

 -------- Substituting 2.3 for BSA, and 179 for h





 ----- Cross-multiplying

 ---- Squaring both sides

 

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