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-A vendor sells hot dogs, bags of potato chips, and soft drinks. A customer buys 4 hot dogs, 3 bags of potato chips, and 2 soft drinks for $8.50. The price of a hot dog is $0.75 more than the price of a bag of potato chips. The Cost of a soft drink is $1.50 less than the price of two hot dogs. Find the cost of each item.

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Let the price of a bag of potato chips be x. Then, the price of a hot dog is x + 0.75, and the price of a soft drink is 2(x + 0.75) - 1.50. Setting up the equation: 4(x + 0.75) + 3x + 2(2(x + 0.75) - 1.50) = 8.50, solving gives x = 0.50, so the prices are $1.25 for a hot dog, $0.50 for a bag of potato chips, and $1.00 for a soft drink.

Solve the Problem -A Vendor Sells Hot Dogs, Bags of Potato Chips, and Potato