SOLUTION: A bottle and cork together cost $35.00. The bottle costs exactly $30.00 more than the cork. What is the cost of the cork? Hint: It is not $5.00

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Question 652938: A bottle and cork together cost $35.00. The bottle costs exactly $30.00 more than the cork. What is the cost of the cork? Hint: It is not $5.00
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
=$2.50
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