The nurse has collected the following information on a patient: palpated blood pressure-180 mm Hg; auscultated blood pressure-170/100 mm Hg; apical pulse-60 beats per minute; radial pulse-70 beats per minute.What is the patient's pulse pressure?
A) 10 mm Hg
B) 70 mm Hg
C) 80 mm Hg
D) 100 mm Hg
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