At the school store the cost of three markers and two pencils is exactly $2.20 while the cost of four markers and six pencils is exactly $3.40. How much would it cost to buy 1 marker and 2 pencils?

Step-by-step explanation:

Let cost of 1 marker be and 1 pencil be

From the question we get two equations

Multiply the first equation by 3

Subtracting the above equations we get

One marker costs $0.64 and one pencil costs $0.14

Cost of 1 marker and 2 pencils is .

48 / 6 = x

in this case, x will equal the amount of money in each card!

x therefore will be 8.

trent had $8 in each birthday card.