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		uiri on June 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Smart People Are Stupid You're subbing in 1.00 for Bat when you should be subbing in 1.00 + Bal for Bat so that you have 1.00 + Bal + Bal = 1.10

Karunamon on June 12, 2012 [–]

Ahhhhhhh. I see now. Kind of funny how I completely misprocessed the "Bat costs 1.00 more than the ball" bit.

Always hated word problems in school :P

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