Problema Solution
Two buildings have the same total height. One buildings has 8 floors with height h. The other buildings has a ground floor of 16ft and 6 other floors with height h. Write and solve an equations to find the height h of these floors.
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First building has total height of: (8h) ft
Second building has total height of: (16 + 6h) ft
Since the two buildings have the same total height we have:
8h = 16 + 6h
h = 8
The height of the floor is 8 ft.