According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov, a person’s Body
Mass Index B is directly proportional to his weight W in pounds and inversely proportional
to the square of his height h in inches.
(a) Express this relationship as a mathematical equation.
(b) If a person who was 5 feet, 10 inches tall weighed 235 pounds had a Body Mass Index
of 33.7, what is the value of the constant of proportionality?
(c) Rewrite the mathematical equation found in part 40a to include the value of the constant
found in part 40b and then nd your Body Mass Index.