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three friends shared a taxi ride from the airport to their hotel. After adding 7.00 tip the friends divided the cost of the ride evenly. If solving the equation 1 / 3 ( c+7.00)=11.25 gives the answer,
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three friends shared a taxi ride from the airport to their hotel. After adding 7.00 tip the friends divided the cost of the ride evenly. If solving the equation 1 / 3 ( c+7.00)=11.25 gives the answer, what is the question

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26.5 is the correct answer
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What did each friend pay, where c is the cost of the trip, not including the tip.

1 / 3 ( c+7.00)=11.25
Multiply both sides by 3
c + 7 = 33.75
Subtract 7 from both sides
c = 26.75
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