SOLUTION: bought 3 magazines at x cent each.he gave the cashier R12,00 and received 315c change.what did each magazine cost?

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Question 1121336: bought 3 magazines at x cent each.he gave the cashier R12,00 and received 315c change.what did each magazine cost?
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, MathTherapy, ikleyn:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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Total cost is 12.000-315 or 11.685
Divide that by 3
R3895 each

Answer by MathTherapy(10556)   (Show Source):
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bought 3 magazines at x cent each.he gave the cashier R12,00 and received 315c change.what did each magazine cost?

Answer by ikleyn(52864)   (Show Source):
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Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_rand

The rand (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the currency of South Africa. The Rand is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c").

I read this post in this way:

. . . bought 3 magazines at x cent each. he gave the cashier R12.00 and received 315c change.what did each magazine cost? Notice my "dot" replacing your "comma" in the value.

Each magazine costs   x = = 295 c = R 2.95.