Question

a woman who is 64 inches tall has a shoulder width of 16 inches .write an equation relating the height h to the width w.find the height of a woman who has a shoulder width of 18.5 inches

Answer 1

Well, the relationship is the tall (T) is four times the shoulder (S), so in formula is:

T = 4 S or S = 1/4 T

After found the relationship between the souhlder with the tall; we can apply to any person if only known one of this measure.

For the case, Find the tall for a woman who has a shoulder width of 18.5 inches:

We apply the formula, in tis way:

T = 4 S = 4 (18,5 inches)

T = 74 inches

But in commom language it actually represent 6 feet and 2 inches (6’ 2” tall)