{"id":209737,"date":"2025-04-29T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=209737"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:50:44","slug":"a-patient-is-5-feet-8-inches-tall-and-weighs-178-lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/a-patient-is-5-feet-8-inches-tall-and-weighs-178-lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"A patient is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 178 lbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A patient is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 178 lbs. What is the patient&#8217;s height in centimeters and weight in kilograms? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 169 cm, 81 Kg <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B 170 cm, 178 lbs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C 170 cm, 81 Kg <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D 68 cm, 178 lbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert the patient&#8217;s height and weight to the requested units, we need to use the following conversion formulas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Height conversion<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 inch = 2.54 cm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 foot = 12 inches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The patient\u2019s height is 5 feet 8 inches. First, we convert the feet to inches:<br>[<br>5 \\text{ feet} \\times 12 \\text{ inches\/foot} = 60 \\text{ inches}<br>]<br>Then, add the extra 8 inches:<br>[<br>60 \\text{ inches} + 8 \\text{ inches} = 68 \\text{ inches}<br>]<br>Now, convert inches to centimeters:<br>[<br>68 \\text{ inches} \\times 2.54 \\text{ cm\/inch} = 172.72 \\text{ cm}<br>]<br>So, the height is approximately 173 cm when rounded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Weight conversion<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 pound = 0.453592 kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The patient\u2019s weight is 178 lbs.<br>To convert pounds to kilograms:<br>[<br>178 \\text{ lbs} \\times 0.453592 \\text{ kg\/lb} = 80.74 \\text{ kg}<br>]<br>So, the weight is approximately 81 kg when rounded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analyzing the options:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Option A: 169 cm, 81 Kg<\/strong> \u2013 The height does not match (169 cm is incorrect).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Option B: 170 cm, 178 lbs<\/strong> \u2013 The weight is incorrect (no conversion from pounds to kilograms).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Option C: 170 cm, 81 Kg<\/strong> \u2013 This is close, with the height rounding to approximately 173 cm, so this answer is reasonable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Option D: 68 cm, 178 lbs<\/strong> \u2013 The height is too small and the weight is unconverted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>C: 170 cm, 81 Kg<\/strong>, as it closely matches the patient&#8217;s converted measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This conversion process involves simple unit conversions, and understanding these is essential in healthcare for accurate medication dosages, nutrition assessments, and growth tracking in different units across countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A patient is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 178 lbs. What is the patient&#8217;s height in centimeters and weight in kilograms? A 169 cm, 81 Kg B 170 cm, 178 lbs C 170 cm, 81 Kg D 68 cm, 178 lbs The correct answer and explanation is : To convert the patient&#8217;s height [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}