Question

ava bought some pens for $2 each and some pencils for $1 each. She bought 3 more pens than pencils and spent a total of $12. How many pencils did ava buy

Answer 1

Answer:

2 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us take the number of pencils as x and the number of pens as x+3

Hence 2(x+3) + x = 12

=> 2x + 6 + x = 12

=> 3x = 6

=> x = 2

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