document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=17097>Question 17097</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Eiffel Tower is 497 ft. taller than the Washington monument.  If you take 58 ft. off both heights, the Eiffel Tower is twice as highas the Washington monument.  How tall is each tower?   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #8284 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=8284\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The way this is set up, it looks like two equations and two unknowns.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let W = height of Washington Monument<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E = height of Eiffel Tower\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E = W + 497<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E-58 = 2(W-58)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the substitution method (or whatever method YOU like better!)  Substitute the E from the first equation into the second equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E- 58 = 2(W-58)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(_____) - 58 = 2(W-58)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(W+497) - 58 = 2W - 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W + 439= 2W - 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W-W + 439 = 2W-W - 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "439= W-116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "439+ 116 = W -116+116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 555 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T= W+497<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T= 555 + 497 = 1052 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:E-58 = 2(W-58)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "994 = 2(497) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "994= 994 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It checks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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