Anthropologists can estimate the height of a woman by measuring the length of her radius bone (from the wrist to the elbow). The length of the radius bone b is given by b=0.26h-18.85 where h is the height (in centimeters) of the woman. How do you solve the equation?

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Laney Gardner

16 April, 12:41

Anthropologists can estimate the height of a woman by measuring the length of her radius bone (from the wrist to the elbow). The length of the radius bone b is given by b=0.26h-18.85 where h is the height (in centimeters) of the woman. How do you solve the equation?

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Alia Walker · Answer 1

B = 0.26 h - 18.85,

where b is the length of the radius bone and h is the height.

To find the equation for height of a woman, you can solve the equation for h.

0.26 h = b + 18.85

h = (b + 18.85) / 0.26

h = (100 b + 1,885) / 26

Then you can plug in the length of the radius bone in this equation.