SOLUTION: There are three different books, Book A, Book B and Book C on sale. Book A costs $y. Book B costs $2 more than twice the cost of Book A. Book C costs half the price of Book B. Writ

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Question 965225: There are three different books, Book A, Book B and Book C on sale. Book A costs $y. Book B costs $2 more than twice the cost of Book A. Book C costs half the price of Book B. Write down an expression, in terms of y, for the cost of Book B and the total cost of all three books combined.
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Cost of book A:
+y+
Cost of book B:
+2y+%2B+2+
Cost of book C:
+%281%2F2+%29%2A%28+2y+%2B+2+%29+=+y+%2B+1+
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Book B:
+2y+%2B+2+
Cost of all 3 books together:
+y+%2B+2y+%2B+2+%2B+y+%2B+1+=+4y+%2B+3+