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The document describes the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a reliable indicator of body fatness calculated from weight and height. It provides a formula for BMI and instructions to write a program that converts weight in pounds and height in inches to metric before calculating BMI. An example execution of the program is also included.

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BMI Imperial Lab Description

The document describes the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a reliable indicator of body fatness calculated from weight and height. It provides a formula for BMI and instructions to write a program that converts weight in pounds and height in inches to metric before calculating BMI. An example execution of the program is also included.

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BMI Imperial Lab

Description
Body mass index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and
height.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BMI is a fairly
reliable indicator of body fatness for most people. BMI does not measure body fat
directly, but research has shown that BMI correlates to direct measures of
body fat,
such as underwater weighing and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. The formula

for BMI is
Weight/Height2
Where weight is in kilograms and height is in meters.

Write a program that prompts for weight in pounds and height in inches,
converts the values to metric, and then calculates the BMI.
Note: 1 pound is 0.453592 kilograms and 1 inch is 0.0254 meters.

For example, an execution could look like this:


Please enter weight in pounds: 135
Please enter height in inches: 71
BMI is: 18.8284697141

File Name
bmiimperial.py

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