Question

A 17 year old female high school student feels that she is overweight. Her weight is 145 and height 5'4. Calculate the BMI. Round your answer to one decimal place. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

BMI is 24.9

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to calculate the student's BMI we first need to convert her weight into kilograms and her height into meters. We know that there are 39.37 inches in a meter and every foot has 12 inches. Therefore, since the student is 5ft 4 inches, this means she is 64inches tall. Now we can divide this by 39.37 to find her height in meters

64 / 39.37 = 1.6256 meters

Now we need to calculate her weight in kilograms. Since there are 2.20462 pounds in 1 kilogram, we simply divide her weight by 2.20462.

145 / 2.20462 = 65.7709 kilograms

Now we use the BMI formula to solve for the students BMI

BMI = $\frac{mass}{height^{2} }$

BMI = $\frac{65.7709}{1.6256^{2} }$

BMI = $\frac{65.7709}{2.6425}$

BMI = 24.88

Therefore we can see that the students BMI is 24.9