Body Mass Index, or BMI, Is Used by Physicians to Assess

question 157

Multiple Choice

Body mass index, or BMI, is used by physicians to assess a person's level of fatness. BMI varies directly as an individual's weight in pounds and inversely as the square of their height in inches. A person who weighs $179 \mathrm { lb }$ and is $72 \mathrm { in }$ . tall has a BMI of 24 (rounded to the nearest whole number) . Find the BMI of a person who weighs $155 \mathrm { lb }$ and who is 63 in tall. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

• A) 28
• B) 25
• C) 27
• D) 26

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