You would need to make generalizations for each portion of the body, then find each volume. For example, call each leg and each arm a cylinder, your head a sphere, and your body a rectangular cube. Find the volume for each part using average heights and/or diameters. Then, divide the mass (kg or lb/(32.2 ft/s^2)) of the whole body by the volume you found. Voila, you have a rough density.
If you know calculus, you can be a little more accurate by doing a triple integral where the radius changes from the radius of your ankle to the radius of your thigh.
First answer by Efoley04. Last edit by Efoley04. Contributor trust: 0 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 2 [recommend question]
Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Science > How could you compute for the density of the human body?
Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from ) |
| If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates. |
