Question

The total cost of four pens and seven mechanical pencils is $9.73. The cost of each mechanical pencil is 0.75 cents. Which represents the cost of each pen?

(A) $0.75
(B) $1.00
(C) $1.12
(D) $1.30

Answer 1

(C) $1.12

Explanation:

Multiply .75 by 7 to get the total pen cost. Then subtract that from $9.73 to get the total pencil cost, which is $4.48. Then divide by 4 since that is the amount of pencils.

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