document.write( "Question 21727: The mass of the great pyramid is 557t greater than that of the leaning tower of pisa. Stone Henge has a mass of 2695t, which is 95t less than the leaning tower of pisa, there once was a greater pyramid which had the mass twice that of the great pyramid. what was the mass of the greater pyramid?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #10483 by wuwei96815(245) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Word problems are usually linguistic problems because once you figure out what is being asked the math is normally routine. Let's try to rewrite the word problem as mathematical expressions.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=mass of Pisa in tons
\n" ); document.write( "x+557=great pyramid
\n" ); document.write( "x-95=2695 (mass of Stonehenge)
\n" ); document.write( "2(x+557)=greater pyramid\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's solve for x by using the equation x-95=2695:
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\n" ); document.write( "x=2695+95=2790\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's use our value for x to substitute and solve our problem.
\n" ); document.write( "2(x+557)=greater pyramid
\n" ); document.write( "2(2790+557)=greater pyramid
\n" ); document.write( "6694 tons = greater pyramid\r
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