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Well, isn't that just a happy little question! In a dozen pencils, there are 12 pencils in total. That's a wonderful number of pencils to have for all your creative endeavors. Just imagine all the beautiful drawings and sketches you can create with those 12 lovely pencils.
A dozen pencils refers to a quantity of 12 pencils. The term "dozen" is a unit of measurement that specifically denotes 12 items. Therefore, there are 12 pencils in a dozen pencils.
A gross (a dozen dozen) is equal to 144. Therefore you would have 432 pencils.
A box with 144 pencils in. A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen).
First, we need to restate the problem as thus: For every 70 cents, one can buy 72 pencils (equal to 6 dozen pencils). Thus, for every x cents, one can buy 3 pencils. In numerical form, this equation turns into $0.70/72 pencils = $x/3 pencils, or 0.70/72 = x/3. Simplified, one gets (3)(0.70) = 72x, or 2.1 = 72x. Hence, x=2.1/72=0.029, or $0.03, or 3 cents. So 3 pencils actually cost 3 cents. If one were to sell 3 pencils for 20 cents, one would have a profit of 17 cents for 3 pencils.
A gross of pencils is 144 pencils.
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