Question

The height of the tallest building in Anne's home town is 617 ft, which is about 233 ft taller than the tallest building in Laurie's home town. What is the height of the tallest building in Laurie's home town?

Answer 1

Given that the height of the tallest building in Anne's home town = 617 ft

We have to find the height of the tallest building in Laurie's home town.

So let the height of the tallest building in Laurie's home town = x

Now question says that the tallest building in Anne's home town is about 233 ft taller than the tallest building in Laurie's home town. So we can write:

Anne's Home Town = Laurie's home town + 233

617 = x + 233

617 - 233 = x

384 = x

Hence final answer is the height of the tallest building in Laurie's home town = 384 feet.