Alfred Is an African-American Long-Distance Runner Whose BMI Classifies Him

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Multiple Choice

Alfred is an African-American long-distance runner whose BMI classifies him as obese.Why might this be? 

• A) Blacks have a higher average height than whites. 
• B) Blacks have denser bones and higher body protein concentrations than whites. 
• C) Blacks tend to have different proportions of brown and white adipose tissue than whites. 
• D) The fat pads in blacks are situated primarily around the hips, whereas in whites the pads are primarily abdominal. 
• E) Blacks have both lower average height and higher average weight than whites.

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Project Activities

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The longest sequence of tasks in a project that must be completed on time for the whole project to be finished by its deadline, determining the shortest possible project duration.

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PERT

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