A book costs $1 plus half it's price. How much does it cost?

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x = 1 + ½x → ½x = 1 → x = 2.
- Can't have the same letter for the function and the variable, should be like this: y = 0.5(x) + 1
  
  There is no function there, only an equation. And there is a single variable, "x", that represents the price of the book.
  
  "x = 1 + ½x" is the same as "the price of the book is $1, plus half of the price of the book".
  
  It’s N equation and not a function…
"Its price," not "it's."
It costs nothing because you get it from LibGen.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=x+%3D+1+%2B+0.5x
The same question was posted yesterday. Are you a bot fishing for engagement?
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- Yes, Dave.
- This question was popular on Reddit few days ago.
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Two bananas and a pineapple.
$1.50
$3.50

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