Problema Solution
karla has spent $33 on food. She bought milk,cheese,and meat the milk cost half as much as the cheese ant the meat cost 4 times as much as the cheese.witch equation would help find the cost of the cheese?
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Let
x = the cost of cheese
x/2 = the cost of milk
4x = the cost of meat
x + x/2 + 4x = 33
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x = $6
The cost of the cheese is $6.