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Chapter 7 Problem 6

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The body surface area (BSA) in m2 of a person (used for determining dosageof medications) can be calculated by the formula (DuBois formula):BSA = 0.007184fVl.425.ffl75in which w is the mass in kg and His the height in em.Write a MATLAB user-defined function that calculates the body surfacearea. For the function name and arguments, use BSA = BodySurA (w, h).The input arguments w and h are the mass and height, respectively. The outputargument BSA is the BSA value. Use the function to calculate the body surfacearea of:(a) A 95 kg, 1.87 m person.(b) A 61 kg, 1.58 m person.

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Title MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications 5 
Author Amos Gilat
ISBN 9781118629864

The body surface area (BSA) in m2 of a person (used for determining dosageof

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