Question

Tom conducted a drawing competition at school. He bought 5 boxes of colored pencils and spent $5.25 on drawing paper. However, more contestants entered than he expected, and he had to buy 2 more boxes of colored pencils. The total cost of the paper and pencils was $82.95. Identify the equation and solution that would help to find the cost of each box of pencils.

Answer 1

82.92 - 5.25 = 77.67
77.67 divided by 8 = 
$9.70 per box