document.write( "Question 79359: kevin bought 3 muffins and a bottle of juice that cost $1.45. He paid a total of $3.70. How much did each muffin cost?? (disregard tax) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "kevin bought 3 muffins and a bottle of \r\n" );
document.write( "juice that cost $1.45. He paid a total \r\n" );
document.write( "of $3.70. How much did each muffin cost??\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the price of a muffin be $M.  Then,\r\n" );
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document.write( "3M + 1.45 = 3.70\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 1.45 from both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "       3M = 2.25\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "        M = .75\r\n" );
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document.write( "So each muffin cost 75 cents.\r\n" );
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