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Exam CBEST Section 1 Math topic 1 question 50 discussion

Actual exam question from Test Prep's CBEST Section 1 Math
Question #: 50
Topic #: 1
[All CBEST Section 1 Math Questions]

Body mass index (BMI) is equal to weight in kilograms/ (height in meters) 2. A man who weighs 64.8 kilograms has a BMI of 20. How tall is he?

  • A. 1.8 meters
  • B. 0.9 meters
  • C. 2.16 meters
  • D. 3.24 meters
  • E. 1.62 meters A
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Substituting known quantities into the formula yields 20 =
. Next, you must multiply through by x2 to get 20x2= 64.8 and then divide through by 20 to get x2 = 3.24. Now take the square root of both sides to get x = 1.8.

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JoanTana
2 years ago
Kindly write the given formula neatly. The exponent 2 in the denominator looks like the product of height and 2.
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