SOLUTION: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 237 meters higher than K2the second talest mountain. If the sum of their heights is 17,459 meters how tal is each mountai

Question 27160: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 237 meters higher than K2the second talest mountain. If the sum of their heights is 17,459 meters
how tal is each mountain?
How do I write the formula for this?
Found 2 solutions by tran3209, vidhyak:
Answer by tran3209(100) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose that x is the height of K2
Then that makes Mt.Everest is x+237
Then you can put together a simple formula to solve for x

The height of K2 is 8,611 feet
The height of Mt.Everest is (8611 + 237) or 8848 feet
Answer by vidhyak(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The numbers were truncated in the above solution, so writing the equations
x + x + 237 = 17459
2x + 237 = 17459
2x = 17222
x = 8611

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