you buy 3 books that each cost the same amount and a magazine all for 59.99.You know that the magazine costs 1.99. How much does each book cost?
we subtract the price of magazine from 59.99 to get the total amount of the 3 books:
59.99 - 1.99 = 58.00 (cost of 3 books)
thus, we divide this by 3 to get the price of each book:
58.00 / 3 = 19.33
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To figure out the cost of each book, we can subtract the cost of the magazine from the total cost of all items.
Let's assign a variable to represent the cost of each book. We'll call it "x".
Since you bought 3 books and the magazine, the total cost is equal to the sum of the three books and the magazine:
3x + 1.99 = 59.99
To find the value of "x", we need to isolate it on one side of the equation.
First, subtract 1.99 from both sides of the equation:
3x = 59.99 - 1.99
3x = 58
Next, divide both sides of the equation by 3 to solve for "x":
x = 58 / 3
x ≈ 19.33
Therefore, each book costs approximately $19.33.