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Doctors and veterinarians are interested in a quantity called the “cardiac output” which is a measure of the rate of blood flow being pumped by the heart.

Students will analyze and graph the data taken from previous two lessons. 

The methods explored in the measuring of cardiac output can be applied to other situations.