Mrs. Sorenstam bought one ruler, one compass, and one mechanical pencil at the prices shown in the table for each of her 12 students. a. Suppose Mrs. Sorenstam had 36 cents left after buying the school supplies. Write an equation to find the amount of money Mrs. Sorenstam initially had to spend on each student.

b. Describe a two-step process you could use to solve your equation. Then solve the equation.