Volume vs face surface area

[AntigoneRex]

Based on a human body what is the amount of frontal surface area of a person of a height 178 cm vs a person of a height of 356 cm?

A formula that a variety of heights can be input please. Or volume of the object

Thanks

 

[MarkFL]

If we consider the two people to be of similar shape, then any measure of area will vary as the square of a linear measure. And so the taller person will have a frontal surface area that is:

[MATH]\left(\frac{356}{178}\right)^2=4[/MATH]
times as great as the shorter person.

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Don't forget, though, that people of different sizes (or even of the same size!) are not typically similar. Anything you get will only be a rough approximation.