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At Joe's Café 1 cup of coffee and 3 doughnuts cost $7.54, and 2 cups of coffee and 2 doughnuts cost $8.32. What is thecost of 1 cup of coffee?

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To answer this question, we can proceed as follows:

1. Let x be the cost of a cup of coffee.

2. Let y be the cost of a doughnut.

Then, we can express the question, algebraically, as follows:


\begin{cases}x+3y=7.54 \\ 2x+2y=8.32\end{cases}

Now, we can solve this linear equation system by

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