Question 58162
The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 208 feet.The building is 7 times as tall as the flagpole.How tall is the building?
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Let the flagpole have measue "x".
Then height of the building is "7x".
EQUATION:
x+7x=208
8x=208
x=26 ft.
7x=182 ft. (height of the building)
Cheers,
Stan H.