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Project 1: Body-Mass Index

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It’s project time! Body-mass index (BMI) is a measurement some health-care professionals use to determine whether a person is overweight, and if so, by how much. To compute BMI, you need a person’s weight in kilograms and height in meters. The BMI is simply weight/height2, converted to a unitless value.

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Lischner, R. (2013). Project 1: Body-Mass Index. In: Exploring C++ 11. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6194-0_28

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