A pair of shoes and a pair of socks together cost $110. The shoes cost $100 more than the socks. How much do the socks cost?
$5
Let S be the cost of socks. The shoes cost S + 100. Together: S + (S + 100) = 110, so 2S + 100 = 110, giving 2S = 10, which means S = 5.
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