A full bottle of juice costs $2.00.If the cost of the juice is $1.50 more than the cost of the bottle, how much does the empty bottle cost? Hint: Answer is not 50 cents

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juice + bottle = 2.00
or
j + b = 2.00

j - b = 1.50
===============subtract
0 + 2 b = .50
b = .25