Explain why a person who is 7 feet tall is likely to have higher blood pressure than a person whose height is 4 feet.

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together which of the following individuals would have a lower blood pressure. Is it answer choice? A A toddler? Answer choice. B A healthy adult female whose height is 5 ft. Answer choice C A healthy adult male whose height is 7 ft or answer choice D A teenager whose height is 4 ft. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following individuals would have the lowest blood pressure. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall what factors contribute to blood pressure and which individual would have a lower blood pressure. And we know that a one centimeter vertical increase in blood column length translates to a raise in blood pressure at the base by 0.76 millimeters of mercury, which means that younger and shorter individuals would have a lower blood pressure than older and taller individuals. And the values of blood pressure can vary based on different factors such as gender weight, ethnicity, socio-economic background, smoking, history and age. However, looking at the list of individuals, we can identify that answer choice. A, a toddler would have the lowest blood pressure out of the following individuals. As a toddler is much younger than any adult or a teenager and a toddler is a lot smaller than someone who is either 4 ft 5 ft or 7 ft tall. So answer choice. A is the only correct answer choice. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.