document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=805900>Question 805900</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the height of a building, h, is equal to the number of floors, f, times 11 feet. how do i write an equation for that? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #485596 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=485596\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= height of building in feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You would multiply 11 feet times the number of floors to get the height of the building in feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A fifth grader should know that, and they tell you that in the problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You may be tempted to write it as<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and that is OK too. It means the same thing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(We just like to put numbers in front of variables. It is one of those formatting things that you end up doing because a lot of people are used to seeing it that way, and it makes a lot of people less grumpy).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do not be afraid of the word equation. It just means two expressions connected by an equal sign, like the formula for the area of a triangle,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That one is full of letter variables, and I bet you were not scared of that in elementary school. </SPAN>\n" );
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