SOLUTION: Longs Peak is 145 feet higher than Pikes Peak. If you were to put these two peaks on top of each other, you would still be 637 feet short of reaching the elevation of Mount Everest
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: Longs Peak is 145 feet higher than Pikes Peak. If you were to put these two peaks on top of each other, you would still be 637 feet short of reaching the elevation of Mount Everest, 29,002 feet. Find the elevations of Longs Peak and Pikes Peak.
This question is from textbook Introductory Algebre
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+X+145+637=29,002
2X+782=29,002
2X=29,002-782
2X=28,220
X=28,220
X=14,110 FT. IS THE HEIGHT OF PIKES PEAK.
14,110+145=14,255 FT. IS THE HEIGHT OF lONGS PEAK.
PROOF:
14,110+14,255+637=29,002
29,002=29,002
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