Think about it for a bit...  if you can figure out the cost of one pencil, the whole problem can be solved.   What given information tells you how much one pencil costs?   























Ans: 24 dollars buys 10 pencils  so ONE pencil costs  $24/10

From there, using the other given information, you should be able to solve.

 

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