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# Aliyah had \$24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had \$10. How much did each pencil co

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Aliyah had \$24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had \$10. How much did each pencil cost?

Let p be the number of pencils. We're given the following equation:
7p + 10 = 24

To solve this equation for p, we type it in our math engine and we get:
p = 2
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