A newborn weighs 3,874 grams at birth and 3,465 grams just prior to discharge from the hospital 2 days later. Knowing that newborns may lose 5-10% of their body weight in the first few days of life, what is the newborns current percent of weight loss?
Mathematics · College · Thu Jan 21 2021
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Given the statement:
A newborn weighs 3,874 grams at birth and 3,465 grams just prior to discharge from the hospital 2 days later.
Deternine the percent of loss.
Solution.
Subtract the final weight to the initial weight then divide the difference by the initial weight.
= 3874 - 3465
= 409
= 409/3874
= 0.1056
Since we are given a decimal answer, in order to convert it into percentage, we multiply the decimal by 100. Hence, in converting a percentage into decimal, we divide the percentage by 100.
= (0.1056)(100)
= 10.56%
Final answer:
The percent of loss is 10.56%