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a. The Aon Centre in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the world’s tallest buildings. Built in 1973, it is 1,136 feet high and has 80 stories. If each story is of equal height, how tall is each story?
b. Burj al Arab Hotel, another one of the world’s tallest buildings, was finished in 1999. Located in Dubai, it is 1,053 feet high with 60 stories. If each floor is the same height, how much taller or shorter is each floor than the height of the floors in the Aon Center?