document.write( "Question 1160938: A housewife purchases 5 liters of milk, 3 loaves of bread and 6 cans of tuna. She gives the cashier R200 and receives R54 change.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If a liter of milk costs R5 more than a can of tuna and a loaf of bread costs R2 less than a liter of milk, determine the cost of each item? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #784358 by josgarithmetic(39616) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let the price for the TUNA be assigned the variable, p.
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document.write( "                 PRICE        QUANTITY        COST\r\n" );
document.write( "Milk              p+5           5\r\n" );
document.write( "Bread             (p+5)-2       3\r\n" );
document.write( "Tuna              p             6\r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL                                          146\r\n" );
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