document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=656255>Question 656255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If all men had identical body types their weights would vary directly as the cube of their heights. Robert Wadlow was 8 feet 11 inches tall (107 inches) at the time of his death. If a man who is 5 feet 10 inches tall (70 inches) with the same body type as Mr Wadlow weighs 170 pounds, what was Mr Wadlows weight?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is supposed to be a proportion problem and I can't get the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is approximately 607 pounds. Can you help please? Sorry if this is a duplicate post. I thought I made a mistake by not being logged in.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\"> varies directly as the cube of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\ =\ kx^3\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute your given values: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 170\ =\ k(70)^3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE k\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use this value for k and the given 107 inches (x) in the original formula, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\ =\ kx^3\"> to calculate the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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