4. Mr. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, was the shortest person to have ever lived (and...

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4. Mr. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, was the shortest person to have ever lived (and been precisely measured). He was 54.6 cm tall and lived to be 75 years old. [Wikipedia, List of the verified shortest people]. Let's compare him to the average 20-year old US male at 198 lbs and 5 feet 9 inches tall. [Healthline, What's the Average Weight for Men?] (a) Using scaling arguments, how much do you expect Mr. Dangi to have weighed? (b) Assuming a lifespan of 80 years [CDC] for the average male, what lifespan would you have predicted for Mr. Dangi? Don't worry that your answers don't match Mr. Dangi's data. Midgets, like babies, do not have the same proportions as the average adult. 4. Mr. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, was the shortest person to have ever lived (and been precisely measured). He was 54.6 cm tall and lived to be 75 years old. [Wikipedia, List of the verified shortest people]. Let's compare him to the average 20-year old US male at 198 lbs and 5 feet 9 inches tall. [Healthline, What's the Average Weight for Men?] (a) Using scaling arguments, how much do you expect Mr. Dangi to have weighed? (b) Assuming a lifespan of 80 years [CDC] for the average male, what lifespan would you have predicted for Mr. Dangi? Don't worry that your answers don't match Mr. Dangi's data. Midgets, like babies, do not have the same proportions as the average adult.

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