SOLUTION: A pencil cost 26 cents each could you buy 4 pencils with a dollar? explain

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Question 654859: A pencil cost 26 cents each could you buy 4 pencils with a dollar? explain
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A dollar is 100 cents
The cents available for each pencil is

If a pencil costs 26 cents,
I am 1 cent short for each pencil

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