Which measurement shows the normal pulse and blood pressure values for a patient?

• A. 60/min, 100/75 mmHg
• B. 55/min, 125/95 mmHg
• C. 80/min, 72/120 mmHg
• D. 72/min, 120/80 mmHg

Answer: (D)

At rest, a healthy adult typically has a heart rate about 60–100 beats per minute and blood pressure around 120/80 mmHg. The combination of 72 beats per minute with 120/80 mmHg sits right in those standard values, making it the clearest example of normal measurements. It uses the textbook-referenced numbers that students are taught to recognize as normal.

The other options either show a heart rate that’s on the edge or considered low for a typical resting adult (55 bpm) or a blood pressure that’s outside normal ranges (125/95 mmHg, with diastolic 95 indicating hypertension), or present the blood pressure in an order that isn’t how measurements are written (72/120 mmHg, which reverses systolic and diastolic). So the pairing that matches the common normal values most cleanly is the one with 72/min and 120/80 mmHg.