document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=9923>Question 9923</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 237 meters higher than K2, the second tallest mountain. If the sum of their heights is 17,459 meters, how tall is each mountain? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mount Everest = E\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let K2 = K\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E = K + 237\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sum of both mountains is a total height of 17459\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our eqauation is E + K = 17459\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we subtitue E with (K + 237)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so our eqaution now looks like this: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28K%2B237%29%2BK=17459 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28K%2B237%29%2BK=17459\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let solve for K\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lets combine Terms on the left side of the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2K%2B237=17459 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2K%2B237=17459\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now Subtract 237 from both sides <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2K%2B237-237=17459-237 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2K%2B237-237=17459-237\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2K=17222 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2K=17222\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sow we divide both side by 2    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2K%2F2=17222%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2K%2F2=17222%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K=8611 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K=8611\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we now know K2's height is 8,611 Meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So Mount Everest = 8,611 + 237 = 8,848 Meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check 8,611 + 8,848 = 17,459 </SPAN>\n" );
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