Question

The width of a woman's shoulders is proportional to her height. How many inches should shoulder width be for a 5’9 woman

Answer 1

The width of the woman's shoulder given a height of 69 inches would be 17.5 inches.

Given the parameters :

• For, Height = 64 inches ; Shoulder width = 16.2 inches

Recall ; 1 feet = 12 inches :

• For height = 5'9'' = (12 × 5) + 9 = 69 inches ; shoulder width will be s

Setting up a proportional relationship :

$\frac{64}{16.2} = \frac{69}{s}$

Cross multiply :

$64s \: = 69 \times 16.2$

$64s \: = 1117.8$

$s \: = \frac{1117.8}{64} = 17.465 \: inches$

Therefore, the width of the woman's shoulder should be 17.5 inches.

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