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The cost for a pack of 16 pencils is $3.68.

Find the unit price in dollars per pencil.
If necessary, round your answer to the nearest cent.

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Final answer:

The unit price for one pencil out of a pack of 16 pencils costing $3.68 is $0.23, calculated by dividing the total cost by the number of pencils with no rounding required.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the unit price of pencils, you need to divide the total cost by the number of pencils in the pack. In this case, the pack of 16 pencils costs $3.68. By dividing $3.68 by 16, you get the unit price per pencil.

Let's do the calculation:

  1. Divide $3.68 by 16 pencils to find the cost per pencil.
  2. $3.68 ÷ 16 = $0.23 per pencil.

Therefore, the unit price for one pencil is $0.23. If the exact answer is not a whole cent, you would round the result to the nearest cent. However, in this case, no rounding is necessary as the answer is exactly $0.23.

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