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

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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(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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H = 85 + %28L-10%29%2A%2825%2F30%29  centimeters,  or, which is the same,


H = 85 + %28L-10%29%2A%285%2F6%29  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  25%2F30 = 5%2F6.