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a person's running stride is about 1.14 times the person's height. your friend's stride is 5.472 feet. how tall is your friend? please answer asap

User Chela
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Answer:

Friend's height is 4.8 feet.

Explanation:

"A persons' running stride is about 1.14 times the person's height". This statement is expressed


s=1.14h

Where
s represents person't stride and
h represents person's height.

So, if a friend's stride is 5.472 ft, then his height is


s=1.14h\\5.472=1.14h\\h=(5.472)/(1.14)\\ h=4.8

Therefore, according to the given relation, friend's height is 4.8 feet.

User Nmat
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a person's running stride is about 1.14 times the person's height. your friend's stride is 5.472 feet.

Lets S be the stride and H be the persons height

Running stride S = 1.14 times person's height

S = 1.14* H

Given that friends stride is 5.472 feet

Replace S with 5.472

5.472 = 1.14* H

Divide by 1.14 on both sides


(5.472)/(1.14) = (1.14)/(1.14) * H

H = 4.8 feet

Your friend is 4.8 feet tall


User Ivan Shcherbakov
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