document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=399068>Question 399068</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Sears Tower in Chicago is 1,450 feet tall, which is 1 4/25 times as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City.  How tall is the Empire State Building.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The easy way to answer this is to Google it, but I have to show my work using a variable. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #282738 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JoeCollins><B>JoeCollins(4)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JoeCollins><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=282738\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question is asking for the height of the Empire State Building.  Since that's the unknown, we will use a variable x to describe it.  The question states that the Sears Tower is 1 4/25 <i>times</i> the height of the Empire State Building.  So a pseudo-equation would be (Height of Sears Tower) = 1 4/25 x (Height of Empire State Building.  Placing 1,450 for the Sears Tower and x for the Empire State Building yields the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1450=%281%2B4%2F25%29%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1450=%281%2B4%2F25%29%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then it's just a matter of solving for x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1450=%2825%2F25%29%2B%284%2F25%29%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1450=%2825%2F25%29%2B%284%2F25%29%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > *Convert 1 to 25/25 so we can add it to 4/25.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1450=%2829%2F25%29%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1450=%2829%2F25%29%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > *Add the two fractions, to get 29/25.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2825%29%2A1450=%2829%29%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2825%29%2A1450=%2829%29%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > *Multiply both sides by 25, and<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2825%2A1450%29%2F29=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2825%2A1450%29%2F29=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > divide both sides by 29, to isolate x.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=%2825%2A1450%29%2F29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=%2825%2A1450%29%2F29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And further calculation yields x, the height of the Empire State Building, is 1250 ft.   </SPAN>\n" );
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