Find the body surface area of a person who is 5 feet,4 inches tall and who weighs 107 pounds. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Use the Mosteller formula to calculate adult body surface area. Please helppppppppppppp!!!!!!! :(
I assume you have the Mosteller formula.
So, plug in your numbers.
First though, you need to convert the units to kg and cm.
what do you get?
To find the body surface area (BSA) using the Mosteller formula, you will need the person's height and weight. Here's what you need to do:
1. Convert height measurements to centimeters: Since the formula requires height in centimeters, convert 5 feet 4 inches to inches only. There are 12 inches in a foot, so 5 feet is equal to 60 inches. Adding the additional 4 inches gives us a total of 64 inches.
5 feet x 12 inches/foot + 4 inches = 60 inches + 4 inches = 64 inches
2. Convert inches to centimeters: Multiply the total inches by 2.54 to get the height in centimeters.
64 inches x 2.54 centimeters/inch = 162.56 centimeters (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
3. Calculate the BSA using the Mosteller formula:
BSA = √ [(Height in cm x Weight in kg) / 3600]
Given that the weight is 107 pounds, convert it to kilograms by dividing by 2.205:
107 pounds / 2.205 pounds/kg = 48.534 kilograms (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Plug in the values into the Mosteller formula:
BSA = √ [(162.56 cm x 48.534 kg) / 3600]
BSA = √ (7890.03624 / 3600)
BSA = √ 2.191677
BSA ≈ 1.479 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Therefore, the body surface area of a person who is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 107 pounds is approximately 1.48 square meters.