How many times does a human heart beat during a persons

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How many times does a human heart beat during a persons lifetime? How many gallons of blood does it pump? (Estimate that the heart pumps 50 cm3 of blood with each beat.)

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How many times does a human heart beat during a persons lifetime? How many gallons of blood does it pump? (Estimate that the heart pumps 50 cm3 of blood with each beat.)

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Given data:

Amount of blood pumped in single heart beat .

The average lifespan of a human is .

Converting the average lifespan of a human from years to minutes,

The average heart beat of a human is .

The number of human heart beat during a person’s lifetime is given as,

Substituting all known values,

Therefore, in a complete life time of a human the heart beats times.

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