SOLUTION: anthropologists approximate the height H (in centimeters) of a primate by measuring the length L (in centimeters) of the bone connecting the elbow to the shoulder. Each increase of

Question 1144015: anthropologists approximate the height H (in centimeters) of a primate by measuring the length L (in centimeters) of the bone connecting the elbow to the shoulder. Each increase of 30 centimeters in bone length corresponds to an increase of 25 cm in height. Write a linear equation for height in terms of length if a length of 10 cm corresponds to a height of 85 cm
Answer by ikleyn(52805) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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H = 85 +   centimeters,  or, which is the same,


H = 85 +   centimeters,


where H is the height (in cm), and L is the the length L (in centimeters) of the bone connecting the elbow to the shoulder. 


It is an equation of a straight line with  the slope coefficient   = .

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