Question

The total height of the Statue of Liberty and its pedestal is $153$ feet more than the height of the statue. What is the height of the statue? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

Find the height of the statue.

Given: Total height of the statue is $305\mathrm{ft}$.

Let, the height of the statue is $x\mathrm{ft}$.

Now, according to the given condition

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x+153=305 \\ \Rightarrow x=305-153 \\ \therefore x=152\mathrm{ft} \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the height of the statue is $152\mathrm{ft}$.