SOLUTION: celeste wants to have her hair cut and permed and also go to lunch. She knows she will need $59. the perm cost twice as much as her haircut and she needs $5 for lunch.

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Question 203600: celeste wants to have her hair cut and permed and also go to lunch. She knows she will need $59. the perm cost twice as much as her haircut and she needs $5 for lunch.
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celeste wants to have her hair cut and permed and also go to lunch. She knows she will need $59. the perm cost twice as much as her haircut and she needs $5 for lunch.
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Let x = cost of haircut
then
2x = cost of perm
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x + 2x + 5 = 59
3x + 5 = 59
3x = 54
x = $18 (haircut)
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Perm:
2x = 2(18) = $36
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Lunch: $5