Sarah bought pencils and markers for school. She bought 3 times as many pencils as markers. The pencils cost $0.15 each and the markers cost $0.30 each. In total, Sarah spent $7.50 on
pencils and markers. How many pencils did Sarah buy?
1. Define a variable for this problem. (For example: ' n = hours watching tv")
2. Create a model in words or in numbers that could solve this problem.
3. Solve the problem.