If the total cost of a sketchpad and 6 pencils is $22.53, let's subtract the price of the sketchpad, this way we will find the price of 6 pencils:
[tex]22.53-9.99=12.54[/tex]
Now, let's divide this cost by 6, this way we can find the price of each pencil:
[tex]\frac{12.54}{6}=2.09[/tex]
Therefore the price of each pencil is $2.09.
