A baseball bat and a leather baseball together cost $1.10 in total. If the bat costs exactly $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost in cents?
5 cents
Let B be the cost of the ball. The bat costs B + 1.00. Together: B + (B + 1.00) = 1.10, so 2B = 0.10, which means B = 0.05 dollars, or 5 cents.
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