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Question 599113: Can someone help me with this problem? The polynomial 0.041h-0.018a-0.269 can be used to estimate the lung capacity, in liters, of a female with height h, in centimeters, and age a in years. Find the lung capacity of a 20-year-old woman who is 160 centimeters tall.
Her lung capacity is approxiately [ ]liters
(Round to the nearest hundredth)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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0.041h-0.018a-0.269 ... Start with the given expression

0.041(160)-0.018(20)-0.269 ... Plug in h = 160 and a = 20

6.56-0.36-0.269 ... Multiply

5.931 ... Combine like terms

So the lung capacity is approximately 5.93 liters