The elevation in denver colorado is 13 times greater than that of waikapu, hawaii. the sum of their elevations is 5600 feet. find the elevation of each city

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Chana Huynh

11 April, 17:43

The elevation in denver colorado is 13 times greater than that of waikapu, hawaii. the sum of their elevations is 5600 feet. find the elevation of each city

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Cocoa · Answer 1

H1 = waikapu height

h2 = denver height

A) 13 h1 = h2

B) h1 + h2 = 5,600

B) h1 + 13h1 = 5,600

B) 14h1 = 5,600

h1 = Waikapu height = 400 feet

h2 = 5,600 - h1

h2 = 5,600 - 400

h2 = Denver height = 5,200