a woman of 5 ft, 6 inches
130lbs....
a woman of 5 ft, 8 inches
140 lbs....
The women’s recommended weight formula from Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare says, "Give yourself 100 lb for the first 5 ft plus 5 lb for every inch over 5 ft tall."
a. Find a mathematical model for this relationship, where W be the recommended weight in lbs for a woman i inches over 5 ft tall.
W=______
b. Specify a reasonable domain and range for the function and then graph the function.
Domain: O less than or equal to i less than or equal to 15;
Range: 100 less than or equal to W less than or equal to _____
c. Use your model to calculate the recommended weight for
a woman of 5 feet, 6 inches
_____lbs
a woman of 5 feet, 8 inches
____lbs
2 answers
100 less than or equal to W less than or equal to 175
3 answers