Question

For $7.52 you purchase 8 pens and highlighters from a local bookstore. Each highlighter costs $1.09 and each pen costs $0.69. How many pens did you buy?

Answer 1

the answer is that you would purchase 3 pens.

Explanation:

if you buy 5 highlighters that would be

1.09 x 5 = 5.45

and then if you buy 3 pens that would be

0.69 x 3 = 2.07

if you add them together you get 7.52 :)