Question

the second longest bridge in the world, the tianjin grand bridge, is 373,000 feet long. Its length is 167,700 feet less than the length of the longest bridge in the world. What is the length of the longest bridge? Show your work.

Answer 1

If something is 167,700 feet less than something then the value of the longer object would be the that much more than the length of that shorter object. In this case it would be 373,000 + 167,700 = 540,700 ft.


1 1 <------- Carried Values
37300
167700
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540700