At a special sale, all pens are sold at one price and all pencils at anothes price. If 3 pens and 2 pencils are sold for 47¢, while 2 pens and 3 pencils arc sold for 38¢, what is the cost of a set of one pen and one pencil, in cents? dsion E Olympiads
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![At a special sale, all pens are sold at one price and all pencils at another
price. If 3 pens and 2 pencils are sold for 47e, while 2 pens and 3 pencils
arc sold for 38¢, what is the cost of a set of one pen and one pencil, in
cents?
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