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I also don’t drink soda-hello, empty calories!-but I noticed that the soda machine down the hall from my office offers 16-ounce bottles of Coke for $1.50. If a student attends class four days a week during two 16-week semesters and has two bottles of Coke each day, how much money is he spending on Coke per year?
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