document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=386698>Question 386698</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the flagpole is 3/4 as tall as the school. Their difference in height is 4.5 meters. What is the height of both?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have the height of school be represented as x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore we know the flag pole is 3/4(x).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We could then show this equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/4(x)+4.5=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 3/4x from both sides and we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5=1/4(x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we know the school is 18 meters tall.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll let you find the height of the pole. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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