Your lean body weight , in pounds, is the amount you would weight if all the fat in your body were to disappear. The following formula gives an estimate for lean body weight in young adult males:

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Here  is total body weight in pounds and  is abdominal circumference in inches.A:  If a young adult male's abdominal circumference remains the same, but his total weight increases by 5 pounds, how is lean body weight affected?B:  If a young adult male's total weight remains the same, but abdominal circumference increases by 3 inches, how is lean body weight affected?C:  A young adult male has a lean body weight of 146.00 pounds. Over a period of time he gains 15 pounds and his abdominal circumference increases by 2 inches. What is his lean body weight now?



What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

A:  Lean body weight increases by 5.45 pounds.?B: Lean body weight decreases by 13.62 pounds.?C:  The new lean body weight is 153.27 pounds.