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jmandas
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Human Pressure! Help Please!
I'm having a difficult time getting this blood pressure problem to work out. Here is the question:
Neglecting the pressure drop due to resistance, calculate the blood pressure in mmHg in an artery in the brain 30 cm above the heart. The pressure at the heartis 120mmHg and the density of blood is 1.05g/cm^3.
The answer in the book is 96.8mmHG but I keep getting a long negative answer!
Here is the formula I'm using:
Pressure in head=Pressure in heart - Height from heart to brain(density of blood)(9.8m/s^2).(may be using wrong formula)
Any help would be great I don't know what else to do?!
I'm having a difficult time getting this blood pressure problem to work out. Here is the question:
Neglecting the pressure drop due to resistance, calculate the blood pressure in mmHg in an artery in the brain 30 cm above the heart. The pressure at the heartis 120mmHg and the density of blood is 1.05g/cm^3.
The answer in the book is 96.8mmHG but I keep getting a long negative answer!
Here is the formula I'm using:
Pressure in head=Pressure in heart - Height from heart to brain(density of blood)(9.8m/s^2).(may be using wrong formula)
Any help would be great I don't know what else to do?!