Item
Price (5)
149
compass
9. Mrs. Sorenstam bought one ruler, one compass, and one
mechanical pencil at the prices shown in the table for each
of her 12 students.
a. Suppose Mrs. Sorenstam had 36 cents left after buying the
school supplies. Write an equation to find the amount of
money Mrs. Sorenstam initially had to spend on each student.
mechanical pencil
0.59
ruler
0.49
b. Describe a two-step process you could use to solve your equation.
Then solve the equation.