A registered nurse is teaching a nursing student the relationship between cardiac output (CO), blood pressure (BP), and peripheral vascular resistances (PVR). The student nurse is asked to recap the mathematical equation that relates the three factors

Which equation provided by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching?
1. "CO ? PVR = BP"
2. "CO / BP = PVR"
3. "BP / PVR = CO"
4. "PVR / CO = BP"


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