SOLUTION: At Burger Brothers, the price of an hamburger is twice the price of an order of French fries, and the price of a Coke is $0.25 more than the price of the fries. Burger Brothers adv

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Question 1125577: At Burger Brothers, the price of an hamburger is twice the price of an order of French fries, and the price of a Coke is $0.25 more than the price of the fries. Burger Brothers advertises that you can get a complete meal (burger, fries, and Coke) for under $2.00. What is the price of an order of fries?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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FOOD               PRICE
Hamburber          2x
FrenchFries         x
Coke               x+0.25
TOTAL (less than    2

2x%2Bx%2B%28x%2B0.25%29%3C2
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4x%2B0.25%3C2
4x%3C1.75
x%3C0.4375
A possible value, 0.43 dollars for French Fries
or possible 43 cents for French Fries.

The cost for one of each would be $1.97.