A pen costs twice as much as a pencil. If Susan spends $ 1.50 for a pen and a pencil, how much does a pencil cost ?
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To find out how much a pencil costs, let's assume the cost of the pencil is "x" dollars.
Given that a pen costs twice as much as a pencil, we can say that the cost of the pen is 2x dollars.
Now, we are told that Susan spends $1.50 for a pen and a pencil. So, the total cost of the pen and the pencil is 1.50 dollars.
We can then set up the equation:
2x + x = 1.50
Adding the costs of the pen and the pencil together, we get:
3x = 1.50
To isolate the variable, we divide both sides of the equation by 3:
x = 1.50 / 3
Simplifying, we find that:
x = 0.50
Therefore, a pencil costs $0.50.