Which is more heavily built, a man 5.5 ft tall who weighs 160 lb, or one 6 ft tall who weighs 200 lb?

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Answer 1

Heavily built?

Lets do some proportions

5.5 / 160 = 6/ x

x=174.5

So if the 6ft guy was 175.5 they would be the same. But he is 200 so he is more heavily built.

Lets try this from the other perspective

6 / 200 = 5.5 /x

x=183.3

So if the 5.5 guy was 183.3 they would be the same but he is 160 (which is less) . So still the 6ft guy is more heavily built.

  

Answer 2

160/65 = 2.46 lbs./in.

200/72 = 2.78 lbs./in.

65 X 2.78 - 180.70 lbs.

72 X 2.46 = 177.12 lbs.

As you see, the 6', 200 lbs. man is more heavily-built. He is 2.78/2.46 = 1.13 times a stocky.

(Miyuki is 97/60.5 = 1.60 lbs./in. and

Kyojin is 370/73 = 5.07 lbs./in.)

Answer 3

This is a ratio problem.  I will convert feet to inches.  5'5" = 65" and

6'0" = 72".

200 lbs  x (65"/72") = 13,000/72 = 180.5556 lbs.

The smaller man, who weighs 160 pounds, would have to weigh 180.5556 pounds to be as heavily built as the taller man.  He doesn't, so the taller man is more heavily built.

For the heck of it, I checked both men's body mass index (bmi)

The shorter man has a bmi of 25 which is in the normal range.

The taller man has a bmi 0f 27.1 which is in the overweight range.

Source - "body mass calculator you will like"

Answer 4

A man being 6 ft. and 200 could be considered fat if he is made of up fat and not muscle.

Much depends on muscle defination, as muscle weighs more than fat... a man of 160 that is 5.5 coult be more buff than a much taller if his bulk is made of muscle.