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A file cost $1.20 more than a notebook. A pen cost twice as much as the file. Te total cost of the three items was $11.60. What was the cost of the file?
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document.write( "Let the cost of the FILE be F
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document.write( "Then the notebook costs F - 1.2, and the pen costs 2F
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document.write( "With total cost being $11.60, we get: F + F - 1.2 + 2F = 11.6
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document.write( "                                      4F = 12.8
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document.write( "                                      Cost of a file, or 
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document.write( "Now, was that SIMPLE, or what? \n" );
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