Building A is 150 feet shorter than Building B. The height of both building is 1530 feet. Find the h

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    Building A is 150 feet shorter than Building B. The height of both building is 1530 feet. Find the height of both building A and B.

    Let a be the height of building A
    Let b be the height of building B

    We're given two equations:
    1. a = b - 150
    2. a + b = 1530
    To solve this system of equations, we substitute equation (1) into equation (2) for a:
    (b - 150) + b = 1530

    To solve this equation for b, we type it in our search engine and we get:
    b = 840

    To solve for a, we substitute b = 840 into equation (1):
    a = 840 - 150
    a = 690
     

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