SOLUTION: For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40. Find (a) the cost

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Question 935408: For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40. Find (a) the cost of the ice cream and (b) the cost of the hamburger
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The solution was already given, from the tutor MathTherapy.

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