Shackleton's Exercise
Matthew had $2 to spend. He wanted to buy jelly beans and licorice sticks. He paid $1.50 for 5 jelly beans and 20 licorice sticks. For the same amount he could have bought 10 jelly beans and 10 licorice sticks. How much did each item cost?
posted by Resolute at 1:53 PM
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ANSWER: Jelly beans cost 10 cents; licorice sticks cost 5 cents.
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