To accurately measure the heart rate of a patient in normal sinus rhythm, which technique would be the most accurate?
a. The number of R waves in a 6-second strip
b. The number of large boxes in a 6-second strip
c. The number of small boxes between QRS complexes divided into 1500
d. The number of large boxes between consecutive R waves divided into 300
C
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