The mother of a 1-year-old child asks a nurse how much her child should weigh. The nurse asks the mother what the child weighed at birth. The mother responds that the child weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces at birth. The nurse tells the mother that the child's weight at 1 year of age should be
A) 21.5 pounds.
B) 22.5 pounds.
C) 23.5 pounds.
D) 24.5 pounds.

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Typically, infants triple their birth weight by their first birthday. Since the child weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces at birth, tripling this weight would approximately equal 22.5 pounds.

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