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Problem
Al gets the disease algebritis and must take one green pill and one pink pill each day for two weeks. A green pill costs 
more than a pink pill, and Al's pills cost a total of 
for the two weeks. How much does one green pill cost?
Solution
Since there are 
days in 
weeks, Al has to take green pills and pink pills in the two week span.
Let the cost of a green pill be 
dollars. This makes the cost of a pink pill 
dollars.
Now we set up the equation and solve. Since there are pills of each color, the total cost of all pills, pink and green, is 
dollars. Setting this equal to 
and solving gives us
Therefore, the cost of a green pill is 
.
See Also
| 2003 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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