Forensic scientists can estimate a person's height by measuring the length of certain bones, including the femur, the tibia, the humerus and the radius.
The table below gives equations for the relationships between the length of each bone
and the estimated height of males and females. These relationships were found by
scientists after much study and data collection. In the table, F represents the length of
the femur, T the length of the tibia, H the length of the humerus, R the length of the
radius, and h the person's height. All measurements are in centimeters.