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prealgebra senior

Problem

An assortment of 200 pencils is sold through a catalog for \19.90\. Including the charges for both the pencils and the shipping, what is the average cost, in cents, for each pencil? Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.
Solution
The average cost per pencil is equal to the total cost divided by the number of pencils. The total cost is dollars, or 2685 cents, and there are 200 pencils. Thus, the average cost is cents.
Final answer
13