document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41836>Question 41836</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131444425/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height of the Eiffel Tower is 68 feet more than three times a side of its square base.  If the sum of these two dimensions is 1380 feet, find the height of the Eiffel Tower. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the height is (3a + 68) ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of these dimensions = (3a + 68) + a = (4a + 68).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But, given this sum is 1380 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, (4a + 68) = 1380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 4a = 1312<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or a = 1312/4 = 328<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the height of the Eiffel Tower is (3x328 + 68) = 1052 ft. </SPAN>\n" );
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