Blood volume in an average adult is about 4.7 L.A 68 kg person should have a total cholesterol level of no more than the exact reference value of 200 mg cholesterol per deciliter of blood.How many grams of cholesterol are present in 4.7 L of blood at this level?

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First, convert the cholesterol level to grams per liter. The reference value is 200 mg/dL. There are 10 deciliters in a liter, so that's 2000 mg/L or 2 g/L. For 4.7 liters of blood, the total cholesterol would be 4.7 * 2 g = 9.4 g.

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