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In mammals the weight of the heart is approximately 0.5%. Write a linear model that gives the heart weight in terms of whole body weight?

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Answer:
h=0.05w

Let the whole body weight of a whale be w

Let the weight of the heart be h

It is given that weight of the heart is 5% weight of the whole body weight.


\Rightarrow h=5 \% \hspace{1mm} of \hspace{1mm} w\\ \Rightarrow h=(5)/(100)* w\\ \Rightarrow h=0.05w

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