Question

A person 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 person who has a shoulder width of 18.5 inches. Separate your equation and answer with the semi-colon and 1 space.

Answer 1

Answer:

Part a) $\frac{h}{w}=\frac{4}{1}$

Part b) $h=74\ in$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

h-----> the height of the person

y----> the width of the shoulder of the person

we know that

$\frac{h}{w}=\frac{64}{16}=\frac{4}{1}$

For $w=18.5\ in$

Find the value of h

$\frac{h}{18.5}=\frac{4}{1}$

$h=18.5*4=74\ in$

Answer 2

Let the height of the person with shoulder width of 18.5 be = x

As given, A person who is 64 inches tall has a shoulder width of 16 inches.

So, we have to find the height when the shoulder width is 18.5 inches.

We can relate these two by ;

$\frac{64}{16}=\frac{x}{18.5}$

$16x=64*18.5$

$16x=1184$

$x=74$

Hence, the height of the person should be 74 inches.