Brittany's mom gave her $15.00 to buy school supplies. Brittany needs to buy 3 notebooks and some mechanical pencils. If each notebook costs $2.99 and each mechanical pencil costs $1.50, how many mechanical pencils can Brittany buy using only the money her mom gave her?

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Louis Hernandez

Mathematics

11 February, 02:48

Brittany's mom gave her $15.00 to buy school supplies. Brittany needs to buy 3 notebooks and some mechanical pencils. If each notebook costs $2.99 and each mechanical pencil costs $1.50, how many mechanical pencils can Brittany buy using only the money her mom gave her?

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Jocelyn · Answer 1

4 mechanical pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

Each notebook is worth $2.99

So buying 3 of the notebooks would leave her with $8.97

Then, $15.00 - $8.97 = $6.05