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At Blackstone Café , a regular entrée costs $18.00, while an entrée off the children's menu costs less. Cliff treats his niece to dinner at the café and spends `1/3` of a gift certificate on her children's entrée and a drink . Afterwards, she orders a $6.00 dessert and he pays for that as well. When Cliff has paid for all of his niece's food , he has exactly enough money left on the gift certificate to pay for his regular entree. How much money was the gift certificate worth ?

A

`$34.00`

B

`$35.00`

C

`$36.00`

D

`$37.00`

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