you buy a bottle of juice for $1.00. The juice costs 90 cents more than the empty bottle. How much does the empty bottle cost? The answer is not 10 cents.

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you buy a bottle of juice for $1.00.  The juice costs 90 cents more than the empty bottle.  How much does the empty bottle cost?  The answer is not 10 cents.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Say the bottle costs x cents then cost of just the juice will be x + 90. Together the cost of the juice in a bottle is 2x + 90 = 100. Therefore the cost of the empty bottle is 5 cents.

PsyDAG · Answer

With the information you have provided, I cannot see why the "answer is not 10 cents." Sorry that I cannot help more. Thanks for asking.

Anonymous · Answer

$.09

Ethan · Answer

This is all I was provided. I don't get it either.

PsyDAG · Answer

If the cost of the juice is $.90, that is not part of x. I don't know how you get 2x for your formula. Your logic seems faulty. Can you explain?

anonymous · Answer

the answer is 5 cents because if you look at a bottle, it says 5 cents -.-' its a tricky question