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How many times does a human heart beat during a persons
Chapter 1, Problem 1.22(choose chapter or problem)
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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QUESTION:
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.)
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
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.