Question

How many times does a human heart beat during a person’s lifetime? How many gallons of blood does it pump? (Estimate that the heart pumps 50 cm3 of blood with each beat.)

Answer 1

Answer: The heart pumps 124.2 billion cm³ of blood in a lifetime

Explanation:

as an adult the pulse rate average must be around 72 beats per minute.

The heart beats about 103,680 times in a day.

There are 365 days in a year

number of heart beat in a year = 365 days x 103,680 = 37,843,200 beats in a year

For every the heart pumps 50cm³ of blood,

Hence,

Amount of blood pump in a year = 50 x 37,843,200 = 1,892,160,000cm³ of blood pumped in a year.

Using the estimated lifespan average an individual is 69 years

So in a life time,

The human heart pumps = 1,892,160,000 x 69 years = 124,200,000,000

If the heart pumps 50cm³ of blood per beat, the heart pumps a total of 130,559,040,000 cm³ (130.6 billion cm³) of blood in a LIFETIME.