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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem solving using chart: Question: The Eiffel tower is 497 ft. taller than the Washington monument. If each of the monuments were 58ft. shorter, the eiffel tower would be twice as tall as the Washington monument. How tall is each?   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=height of Washington Monument: (x-58)----58 ft shorter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then x+497=height of Eiffel Tower: ((x+497)-58)---------58 ft shorter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "((x+497)-58)=2(x-58)  get rid of parens\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+497-58=2x-116 simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+439=2x-116  add 116 to and subtract x from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-x+439+116=2x-x-116-116  collect like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "555=x or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=555 ft--------------------------height of Washington Monument<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+497=555+497=1052 ft---------- height of Eiffel Tower\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1052-58=2*(555-58)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "994=2*497\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "994=994\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps-----ptaylor\r<BR>\n" );
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