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(1) A forensic scientist uses the expression
72.6 + 2.5T to estimate the height in centimeters of a
female with a tibia of length T centimeters. If a female
skeleton has a tibia of length 32.4 cm, then what was the
height of the person? Find the length of your tibia in centimeters,
and use the expression from this exercise or the
previous exercise to estimate your height.

(2) The expression πr2 gives the area of a circle
with radius r. How many square meters of wheat were
destroyed when an alien ship made a crop circle of diameter
25 meters in the wheat field at the Southwind Ranch?
Round to the nearest tenth. Find πon your calculator

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(1) A forensic scientist uses the expression
72.6 + 2.5T to estimate the height in centimeters of a
female with a tibia of length T centimeters. If a female
skeleton has a tibia of length 32.4 cm, then what was the
height of the ...

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