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Projecting Birth Weight. Ultrasonic images of 29-week-old fetuses can be used to predict birth weight. One model, or formula, developed by Thurnau, is
a. Use Thurnau’s model to estimate the birth weight of a 29-week-old fetus when the diameter of the fetal head is 8.5 cm and the circumference of the fetal abdomen is 24.1 cm.
b. Solve the formula for a.
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