Problema Solution
The height of Tower A is 856 feet more than Tower B. The two towers have a combined height of 1250 feet. What are the heights of each tower?
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Let 'a' represent the height of Tower A and 'b' the height of Tower B.
Now we can write the following system of equations:
a = 856 + b (Tower A is 856 feet higher than Tower B)
a + b = 1250 (The two heights combined add to 1250 feet height)
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a = 1,053 ft
b = 197 ft
Tower A is 1,053 feet high.
Tower B is 197 feet high.