SOLUTION: According to Dr. Aaron R. Folsom of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, your maximum ideal waist size is directly proportional to your hip size. For a woman with

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Question 148865: According to Dr. Aaron R. Folsom of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, your maximum ideal waist size is directly proportional to your hip size. For a woman with 40 inch hips, the maximum ideal waist size is 32 inches. What is the maximum waist size for a woman with 35 inch hips?
Answer by mangopeeler07(462)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up the proportion
32 size/40 inch hip=x size/35 inch hip

Cancel phrases
32/40=x/35

Cross multiply
40x=32(35)
40x=1120

Divide both sides by 40
40x/40=1120/40
x=28

The maximum waist size for a woman with 35-inch hips is
28.

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