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At the school store, you buy 4 pencils and an eraser. The cost of the eraser is $0.85. Your total cost is $1.45. What is the cost of one pencil?

User Virus
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1.45-0.85=0.60

0.60/4=0.15

4(0.15)+0.85=1.45
User Artem Kachanovskyi
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Answer:

it's 0.15

Explanation:

1.45-0.85= 0.6

0.6 รท 4

15

User Chriswhite
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