Write a query to display the book title, cost, and year of publication for every book in the system.

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Explanation:

The question seem incomplete as the table name is not given.

To write the query, we'll make use of the following definitions:

Table Name:  BOOKS

Columns:

Book Title: BOOK_TITLE

Cost: COST

Year of Publication: YEAR_OF_PUBLICATION

So, the query is as follows:

SELECT BOOK_TITLE, COST, YEAR_OF_PUBLICATION FROM BOOKS

Analyzing the query:

SELECT This means the query is to retrieve certain information

BOOK_TITLE, COST, YEAR_OF_PUBLICATION   These are the column names to retrieve information from

FROM BOOKS The table to retrieve information from