Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Number Theory and the Real Number System - Chapter Summary, Review, and Test - Review Exercises - Page 336: 126

Answer

\[2.88\times {{10}^{13}}\]

Work Step by Step

The amount of blood in the body of a \[180\] pound person can be calculated as, \[\begin{align} & 1\,\,\text{pound}=3.2\times {{10}^{4}}\,\text{ml} \\ & 180\,\,\text{pound}=180\times 3.2\times {{10}^{4}}\,\text{ml} \\ & =5.76\times {{10}^{6}}\,\text{ml} \end{align}\] The number of red blood cells in the body of a person is calculated as follows, \[\begin{align} & 1\,\,\text{ml}=5\times {{10}^{6}} \\ & 5.76\times {{10}^{6}}\,\,\text{ml}=5.76\times {{10}^{6}}\times 5\times {{10}^{6}} \\ & =2.88\times {{10}^{13}} \end{align}\] The number of red blood cells in the body of a \[180\]pound person is \[2.88\times {{10}^{13}}\]
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