SOLUTION: Vanessa bought 50 pencils for the office. Ten of the pencil cost 50 cents each. Twenty of the pencils cost 25 cents each and 20 pencils cost only 15 cents.What was cost of each pe

Question 841429: Vanessa bought 50 pencils for the office. Ten of the pencil cost 50 cents each. Twenty of the pencils cost 25 cents each and 20 pencils cost only 15 cents.What was cost of each pencil?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What was cost of each pencil?
You should read the problem.
There were three different prices.
10 pencils cost 50 cents each.
20 pencils cost 25 cents each
20 pencils cost 15 cents each
If you mean what was the total cost, you should say so.

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