Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 >> Something's fishy... 60 years * 365 day a year * (1040 heartbeats during >> a 16 hours day + 360 heartbeats during a 8 hours night) = 30660000 >> heartbeats total > > ---begin quote from http://www.mamashealth.com/organs/heart.asp : > > An adult heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day, pumping about > 2,000 gallons of blood. It has been estimated that the heart will > beat about 3 billion times during a 70 year lifetime. [redid the calc,slap forehead] At first, i though i forgot to multiply the number of heartbeats by the number of second in an hour, i correct that only to find out my numbers got on the outrageous side and then i figure out it's heartbeat per minute and not per second [blushing in embarrassment], here's the hopefully close to correct formula (the only thing i'm having doubt right now is the heartbeats/min at night). 60 * 365 * ((65 heartbeats/min * 60 * 16 hours == 62400 during daytime) + (45 heartbeats/min * 60 * 8 hours == 21600 nighttime)) == 1839600000 given that i also screwed up a few calculation in my homework (mech engineering math stuff...), i guess it's time to go to bed. Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 > > >> Something's fishy... You aren't a savant in this, that's for sure 60 years * 365 day a year * (1040 heartbeats during > >> a 16 hours day + 360 heartbeats during a 8 hours night) = 30660000 > >> heartbeats total Back to the drawing boards...... > > > > ---begin quote from http://www.mamashealth.com/organs/heart.asp : > > > > An adult heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day, pumping about > > 2,000 gallons of blood. It has been estimated that the heart will > > beat about 3 billion times during a 70 year lifetime. Ok, 3 billion is more reasonable. In seventy years which is 25,567 or 25,568 days depending when one is born, that is a little over 2.2 billion seconds either way. ( For the picky: 2,208,988,800 seconds or 2,209,075,200 seconds) A lifetime average heartbeat of 82 would do it with a few million beats to spare. I don't think most people have pulse rates of sixty over a lifespan but 82 may be a little high. The lowest resting heart rate I heard of for a human was 38, measured several times for Herb Elliott, 1960 Olympic Champion in the 1500 meters and unbeaten, lifetime at that distance and a mile. President Bush, probably the fittest President ever, at 59, had a pulse rate of 46 at his last physical and can still run three miles in less than twenty minutes. My pulse when I get up, by comparison, is 70-75. > > [redid the calc,slap forehead] At first, i though i forgot to multiply > the number of heartbeats by the number of second in an hour, i correct > that only to find out my numbers got on the outrageous side and then i > figure out it's heartbeat per minute and not per second [blushing in > embarrassment], here's the hopefully close to correct formula (the only > thing i'm having doubt right now is the heartbeats/min at night). > > > 60 * 365 * ((65 heartbeats/min * 60 * 16 hours == 62400 during daytime) > + (45 heartbeats/min * 60 * 8 hours == 21600 nighttime)) == 1839600000 > Don't forget the leap years > given that i also screwed up a few calculation in my homework (mech > engineering math stuff...), i guess it's time to go to bed. > > Alain > Hope you had a good sleep!! Jerry Newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 > You aren't a savant in this, that's for sure Depend which day but lately, it hasn't been the case. > Don't forget the leap years i can live with that margin of error. > Hope you had a good sleep!! unfortunately, no, this week has been somewhat rocky.. Alain (still doing homeworks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 > > > You aren't a savant in this, that's for sure > > Depend which day but lately, it hasn't been the case. Nope. If you are a savant at anything, the day has no affect. It takes one to know this and I do > > > > Hope you had a good sleep!! > > unfortunately, no, this week has been somewhat rocky.. > > Alain (still doing homeworks). > Hope your week gets better and thanks for being a good sport about my corrections. Jerry Newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 > Nope. If you are a savant at anything, the day has no affect. It > takes one to know this and I do right, the day has no effect but i was thinking about being in good shape some days and being in bad shape some other days... > Hope your week gets better and thanks for being a good sport > about > my corrections. welcome. Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 > > > Nope. If you are a savant at anything, the day has no affect. It > > takes one to know this and I do > > right, the day has no effect but i was thinking about being in good > shape some days and being in bad shape some other days... > It must be nice to have a shape to get in and out of. I haven't had that in a decade.... Jerry Newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 > It must be nice to have a shape to get in and out of. I don't think so. > I haven't > had that in a decade.... how's your shape ? Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 > > > It must be nice to have a shape to get in and out of. > > I don't think so. > > > I haven't > > had that in a decade.... > > how's your shape ? > > Alain > Mine has gone from a V to a pear in twenty years with an addition of 80 pounds in the wrong places. Thank god, I don't drink or smoke or I would not be around probably. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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