You recently spent $22 to purchase a notebook, a box of pencils, and a package of pens. The box of pencils costs $2 less than the notebook. The package of pens costs 3 times as much as the box of pencils. Write and solve an algebraic equation to find the cost of each item you purchased.

The answer is down below:

Step-by-step explanation:

Notebook: 22-x

Pens: (22 - x - 2) x 3.

Pencils: 22 - x - 2.

We use x for notebooks because it is the only item that doesn't have an "equation" for us to solve so we use "x" instead. hope this helped you out.

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