Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 hours agoA book costs $1 plus half it's price. How much does it cost?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down110
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareA book costs $1 plus half it's price. How much does it cost?Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoI could see where the wordage could make it seem like “half of whatever the publisher’s price is, plus a dollar”, like a special book sale, but when written as a formula, the answer is two.
I could see where the wordage could make it seem like “half of whatever the publisher’s price is, plus a dollar”, like a special book sale, but when written as a formula, the answer is two.