SOLUTION: the length of a person's face is one ninth of the person's height and a persons shoulder width is one fourth of the person's height. How would I write an equation describing the fa

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Question 66969: the length of a person's face is one ninth of the person's height and a persons shoulder width is one fourth of the person's height. How would I write an equation describing the face length as a function of the height? PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE HELP MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Answer by checkley71(8403)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Face = height/9
example
face=72/9 represents a 6 foot person (72 inches)
face=8 inches

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