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Alan brought 3 pencils and a notebook. The notebook cost $6 and he spent a total of $12 . How much did each pencil cost? Use p to represent the cost of each pencil
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Alan brought 3 pencils and a notebook. The notebook cost $6 and he spent a total of $12 . How much did each pencil cost? Use p to represent the cost of each pencil

User Sanchit Bhatnagar
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12-6=6
This means that he spent a total of $6 on pencils. Considering he bought three, he would have spent $2 on each pencil.
User Kishore A
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Answer:

$2

Explanation:

3p + 6 = 12

3p = 6

p = 2

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