109k views
4 votes
FREE 50 PTS!!!!!!!! GET IT RIGHT I WONT REPORT IF WRONG I REPORT IF DUMB FAKE ANSWER I WILL LEGIT TEXT AN ADMIN.

A bat and a ball cost one dollar and ten cents in total. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

User Primo
by
8.7k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer: 10 cents


Step-by-step explanation:

total $ 1.10

bat $1.00

1.10- 1.00 =0.10

the ball costs 10 cents



User Yechale Degu
by
7.3k points
5 votes
x - bat
y - ball

x+y=1.1

x=y+1
(y+1)+y=1.1
y=.05

Plug the Y value back into the original equation to find X

x+.05=1.1
x=1.05

Bat cost: 1.05
Ball cost: .05





User Randell
by
8.8k points

Related questions

asked May 17, 2018 116k views
Matt Messersmith asked May 17, 2018
by Matt Messersmith
7.4k points
1 answer
5 votes
116k views
2 answers
0 votes
119k views
1 answer
4 votes
160k views
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.