SOLUTION: Here is the problem. A bottle and its cork together cost $35.00. The bottle costs exactly $30.00 more than the cork. What is the cost of the cork? The obvious answer is $5.00 b
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Question 25323: Here is the problem. A bottle and its cork together cost $35.00. The bottle costs exactly $30.00 more than the cork. What is the cost of the cork? The obvious answer is $5.00 but at the bottom of the page it says Hint: The answer is not $5. Every time we set the problem up, we get $5.00. Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The bottle cost $30.00 than the cork.
Let the x represent the cork.
x+30 represent the bottle.
Add them together.
x+x+30=35
2x=5
x=2.5
Hence, the cost of the cork is $2.5.
Paul.
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