SOLUTION: Ming Lee spent $10.20 for a pizza and a soft drink. If the pizza cost 11 times as much as the beverage, how much was each?
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Question 163334: Ming Lee spent $10.20 for a pizza and a soft drink. If the pizza cost 11 times as much as the beverage, how much was each?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+11x=10.20
12x=10.20
x=10.20/12
x=$.85 is the price of the soda.
11*.85=9.35 cost of the pizza.
proof:
.85+9.35=1020
1020=10.20
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