document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=104122>Question 104122</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Knowing that a person's height is 5'3, and the distance between the top of his/her head and the eyes is 3 inches, how tall must be the mirror to see the person's entire body, and how high up the wall it must be hanged?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I used this formula{h being the height, and f the distance between the eyes and the top of the head}:h-f1/2=mirror, but I do not think that it works. Would you please help me? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #75843 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=75843\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the image of an object reflected in a mirror is half the distance between the object and the eyes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the length of the mirror is (half the distance from eyes to top of head)+(half the distance from eyes to feet) ... this is half the person's height\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the placement of the mirror must be such that the top of the mirror is midway between the eyes and top-of-head </SPAN>\n" );
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