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Title: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: jokulsa on October 05, 2014, 11:00:49 AM
Please help...

The normal cholesterol level in the blood is 1.0mg/mL. your body contains 5.5L of blood. You just ate 2 hard boiled eggs (one egg contains 250mg of cholesterol). What is the cholesterol concentration in your blood if all the cholesterol from the egg was absorbed?


thanksss
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: sjb on October 05, 2014, 11:12:55 AM
Please help...

The normal cholesterol level in the blood is 1.0mg/mL. your body contains 5.5L of blood. You just ate 2 hard boiled eggs (one egg contains 250mg of cholesterol). What is the cholesterol concentration in your blood if all the cholesterol from the egg was absorbed?


thanksss

How much added cholesterol do you have from the eggs?
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: jokulsa on October 05, 2014, 11:18:26 AM
500mg
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: sjb on October 05, 2014, 11:25:23 AM
500mg

In what volume of blood?
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: jokulsa on October 05, 2014, 11:33:09 AM
Ok so,

the 500mg brings the total level in the body up to 6000mg

6000mg/5.5L of blood = 1090.9mg/L = 1.0909mg/mL

is this correct?
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: sjb on October 05, 2014, 11:41:32 AM
Ok so,

the 500mg brings the total level in the body up to 6000mg

6000mg/5.5L of blood = 1090.9mg/L = 1.0909mg/mL

is this correct?

Not quite

How much cholesterol is there normally in the blood?
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: jokulsa on October 05, 2014, 11:43:44 AM
5500mg?
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: sjb on October 05, 2014, 12:50:22 PM
5500mg?

Sorry, my mistake, I misread the initial concentration as mg/l, not mg/ml. The rest seems fine but watch sf
Title: Re: [cholesterol] in the blood
Post by: jokulsa on October 05, 2014, 10:36:48 PM
ok thanks for your help