The nurse is admitting a gentleman who weighs 75 kg and is 6 ft 6 in tall. What is this client's body mass index?
A) 17 B) 19 C) 21 D) 25
B
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The formula to calculate BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared or weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared multiplied by 703 . Weight in kilograms is converted to pounds by multiplying the kilograms by 2.2 (75 × 2.2 = 165). For this client, 165 / 6084 × 703 = 19.06.
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