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John and 4 friends are going out for pizza for lunch. They split one pizza and 5 large drinks. The pizza cost $10.00. After using a $4.00 gift certificate, they spend a total of $13.50. Write an equation to model this situation, and find the cost of one large drink

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7.50 for the drinks, about 1.87 for a large drink. A bit of odd pricing. 
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Okay, so:

10+5d -4= 13.50

10= the pizza, 5d is the number of drinks, and 4 is the certificate.

Solve.

Add 4 to both sides.

10+5d= 17.50

Subtract 10 on both sides.

5d=7.50

Divide by 5.

d= 1.5

The cost of one large drink is $1.50.

I hope this helps!
~kaikers
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