A woman’s height, h , is related to the length of the femur, f (the bone from the knee to the hip socket), by the formula f = 0.432 h − 10.44 . Both h and f are measured in inches. A partial skeleton is found of a woman in which the femur is 16 inches long. Police find the skeleton in an area where a woman slightly over 5 feet tall has been missing for over a year. Can the partial skeleton be that of the missing woman? Explain.
A woman’s height, h , is related to the length of the femur, f (the bone from the knee to the hip socket), by the formula f = 0.432 h − 10.44 . Both h and f are measured in inches. A partial skeleton is found of a woman in which the femur is 16 inches long. Police find the skeleton in an area where a woman slightly over 5 feet tall has been missing for over a year. Can the partial skeleton be that of the missing woman? Explain.
Solution Summary: The author calculates whether the halfway skeleton is that of the missing ladies.
A woman’s height, h, is related to the length of the femur, f (the bone from the knee to the hip socket), by the formula
f
=
0.432
h
−
10.44
. Both h and f are measured in inches. A partial skeleton is found of a woman in which the femur is 16 inches long. Police find the skeleton in an area where a woman slightly over 5 feet tall has been missing for over a year. Can the partial skeleton be that of the missing woman? Explain.
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