Question

In mammals, the weight of the heart is approximately 0.5% of the total body weight. Write a linear model that gives the heart weight in terms of the total body weight. Use the model to find a) the weight of the heart of a human whose weight is 185 lbs. Answer in units of lbs.

Answer 1

Answer:

The weight of heart of a human is 0.93 lbs.

Explanation:

Given that,

Approximately weight of heart is 0.5 % of the total body weight.

Weight of human = 185 lbs

Let the the weight of total body is w and weight of heart is $w_{h}$.

We need to calculate the weight of heart of a human

Using given data

$w_{h}=0.5\times w$

Where, h = weight of heart

w = weight of human

$w_{h}=\dfrac{0.5}{100}\times 185$

$w_{h}=0.93\ lbs$

Hence, The weight of heart of a human is 0.93 lbs.