Amy purchased 17 pencils and 18 pens for a fund-raiser at school and spent $61.50. jocelyn purchased 10 pencils and 21 pens and spent $57. how much does each pencil cost?

15

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the following expression and we are to solve it and find the product:

-13 × (-5)

solving the given expression in the standard order of solving a mathematical expression, beginning with the opening of brackets and then multiplying the terms and changing their signs.

-3 × -5 = 15 (answer is positive because when negative is multiplied with negative, it gives a positive answer)