Question

A traffic helicopter descends 182 meters to be 347 meters above the ground, as illustrated in the diagram to the right.Write and equation to describe the situation using H as the original height of the helicopter. What was the original height of the helicopter?

Answer 1

So ......when you write the equation for this question, 

the original height (H) = current height + the decreased height

i.e.

H= 347m + 182m
H = 529 m
 so the original height of the helicopter is 529 meters