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Jack bought a pizza and a drink for $2.65. if the pizza costs a penny more than 3 times the cost of the drink, how much did each cost?

Jack bought a pizza and a drink for $2.65. if the pizza costs a penny more than 3 times the cost of the drink, how much did each cost?
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Jack bought a pizza and a drink for $2.65. if the pizza costs a penny more than 3 times the cost of the drink, how much did each cost?

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User Marcone
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66 cents for drink. and 1.99 for the pizza. hope thus helped
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User Geeky Singh
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To get the answer we can prepare equation. Lets assume x its drink.
Finally we get the equation
3x+x+0.01=2.65
4x+0.01=2.65 /-0.01
4x=2.64 /:4
x=0.66 - cost of drink
3x+1 ---- 3*0.66+0.01=1.99 - cost of pizza
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