At a school fete, 3 chocolate apples cost $6 but 1 chocolate apple with 2 chocolate snowballs cost $3. If 1 chocolate snowball costs 30 cents more than the cost of 1 rock cake, how much, rounded to nearest dollar, would it cost to buy 1 chocolate apple, 1 chocolate snowball, and 1 rock cake at the school fete?
A. $6
B. $5
C. $4
D. $3
E. $2
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The real question is why anyone would want to buy a rock cake. Yuck!
(But those chocolate snowballs do sound scrumptious!
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(But those chocolate snowballs do sound scrumptious!
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