SOLUTION: The height of the Washington Monument is 33 feet less than six times the height of the Lincoln Memorial. The difference in their heights is 457 feet. How high are they?

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Question 1103531: The height of the Washington Monument is 33 feet less than six times the height of the Lincoln
Memorial. The difference in their heights is 457 feet. How high are they?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Lincoln is x feet
Washington is 6x-33
The difference is 457
so 6x-33-x=457
5x=490
x=98 feet Lincoln
6x-33=555 feet Washington