sheila lives for 80 years and dies.
heart heats.
how many olympic size swimming pools would the blood pumped fill?

Do you have any idea with it?
OR probably some answers?????????
I know this question doesnt have exactly one answer.
So, please show me how to do
Thanks

Wondergirl

Blood she has had inside her during her entire life? I don't think I understand the question.

jem02081

I suspect this is a homework question. So I'll just give you some hints.
You need to know three things:
"An average heart pumps 2.4 ounces (70 milliliters) per heartbeat"
"An average heartbeat is 72 beats per minute."
from HowStuffWorks "Blood Supply"

The last thing you need to know is the volume of the pool. google "olympic size swimming pool" for this answer

Do you need more help?

sarah1004

I found this article,

The heart is an 10 ounce pump.
each heartbeat squeezes about 2.4 ounce of blood into the circulatory system.
at an average rate of 72 beats per minutes, 1.3 gallons of blood are pumped every 60 seconds.
the average 80 year old heart has pumped over 48 million gallons during its lifetime enough to fill 68 olympic sized swimming pools.

Do you think its right?

Thank you

Unknown008

Oh, you posted here also...

Well, if you did your calculations right, I guess it's good.

EDIT: http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/mathema...ll-410312.html

Ok, I took the volume of the swimming pool there, and used 48 million gallons of blood. I came up with 72 full pools.

48 000 000 / 660253 = 72.70