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On a recent trip to the convenience store, you picked up 2 gallons of milk, 4 bottles of water, and 5 snack-size bags of chips. Your total bill (before tax) was $21.00. If a bottle of water costs twice as much as a bag of chips, and a gallon of milk costs $2.00 more than a bottle of water, how much does each item cost? How much does a snack-size bag of chips cost? (Type an integer or a decimal.)

On a recent trip to the convenience store, you picked up 2 gallons of milk, 4 bottles of water, and 5 snack-size bags of chips. Your total bill (before tax) was $21.00. If a bottle of water costs twice as much as a bag of chips, and a gallon of milk costs $2.00 more than a bottle of water, how much does each item cost? How much does a snack-size bag of chips cost? (Type an integer or a decimal.)

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
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On a recent trip to the convenience store, you picked up 2 gallons of milk, 4 bottles of water, and 5 snack-size bags of chips. Your total bill (before tax) was $21.00. If a bottle of water costs twice as much as a bag of chips, and a gallon of milk costs $2.00 more than a bottle of water, how much does each item cost? How much does a snack-size bag of chips cost? (Type an integer or a decimal.)
Transcribed Image Text:On a recent trip to the convenience store, you picked up 2 gallons of milk, 4 bottles of water, and 5 snack-size bags of chips. Your total bill (before tax) was $21.00. If a bottle of water costs twice as much as a bag of chips, and a gallon of milk costs $2.00 more than a bottle of water, how much does each item cost? How much does a snack-size bag of chips cost? (Type an integer or a decimal.)
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