SOLUTION: a bottle and a cap together cost $1.10. the bottole costs $1 more than the cap.how much does each cost?

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Question 285413: a bottle and a cap together cost $1.10. the bottole costs $1 more than the cap.how much does each cost?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = cost of bottle
Let = cost of cap
given:
(in cents)

By substitutiuon:




and,


The bottle costs $1.05 and the cap costs $.05

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