Question

A newborn weighs 3,874 grams at birth and 3,465 grams just prior to discharge from the hospital 2 days later. Knowing that newborns may lose 5-10% of their body weight in the first few days of life, what is the newborns current percent of weight loss?

Answer 1

Answer:

10.55%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Initial weight of the new born baby = 3,874 grams

final weight of the baby = 3,465 grams

Now,

the current percentage of the weight loss will be calculated as:

Weight loss percentage = $\frac{\textup{Loss in the weight}}{\textup{Initial weight of the baby}}\times100$%

on substituting the respective values, we get

Weight loss percentage = $\frac{(3874-3465)}{3874}\times100$%

or

Weight loss percentage = 10.55%