That same little girl that was pictured yesterday changed shoes and got dressed up to pose for this "stair step" picture with her 3 brothers. The boys and their Dad all had crew cuts from the Barber College down in Alexandria, VA. King Street, shown in the background, led directly down the hill past the Masonic Memorial to downtown Alexandria and the docks on the Patomic river.
Took a minute and determined the linear equation that describes us kids' relative height.
ReplyDeletex = birth order (1,2,3,4 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th)
y = height
y = -0.2x + 4.8
Example
For Verlon, y = -0.2(1) + 4.8 = 4.6
For Tim, y = -0.2(2) + 4.8 = 4.4
For Carolyn, y = -0.2(3) + 4.8 = 4.2
For Jon, y = -0.2(4) + 4.8 = 4.0
Ought to look to see if I can factor age into the equation!!
Jon
I didn't realize the Col. was that much of a mathematician. Pretty neat.
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