The percentage of burnt body of a 16 year old male having burnt back and back of his left leg and whole of right arm would be 36 percent.
Explanation:
The percentage of body burns are calculated by Rule of Nine. Rule of Nine is different for a child and an adult. The same rule is applied to obtain percentage of burn of a body where every limb and part of the body is divided to remarked with certain percentage.
All those dividend percentage given to different part of the body, on whole constitute 100 percent. Hereby, the back is given 18 percent, with whole one leg burnt is given 18 percent and whole one arm is given 9 percent. Therefore, back 18 percent with half of leg taken as 9 percent and whole arm as 9 percent, will constitute, 18+9+9 = 36 percent.
