Eric buys 5 bus tickets. He gets $0.50 off the regular price of each ticket. In total, he spends $12.50. What is the regular price of a price ticket?
Let's assume the regular price of each bus ticket is x dollars.
Eric gets $0.50 off the regular price, so the actual price he pays for each ticket is (x - 0.50) dollars.
He bought 5 tickets in total, so the total amount he spent on tickets is 5 * (x - 0.50) dollars.
Given that he spent $12.50 on tickets, we can set up the equation:
5 * (x - 0.50) = 12.50
Simplifying the equation, we get:
5x - 2.50 = 12.50
Adding 2.50 to both sides, we get:
5x = 15.00
Dividing both sides by 5, we get:
x = 3.00
Therefore, the regular price of a bus ticket is $3.00.
Let's assume the regular price of a bus ticket as "x".
Eric buys 5 bus tickets, so the total cost of the tickets after the discount is: 5 * (x - 0.50).
We know that Eric spends $12.50 in total, so we can set up the equation:
5 * (x - 0.50) = 12.50
Now, let's solve for x:
5x - 2.50 = 12.50 (distributing 5 to x and -0.50)
5x = 15.00 (adding 2.50 to both sides)
x = 15.00 / 5 (dividing both sides by 5)
x = 3.00
Therefore, the regular price of a bus ticket is $3.00.
To find the regular price of a bus ticket, we need to reverse the discount that Eric received and divide the total amount he spent by the number of tickets he bought. Here's how to do it:
1. Let's assume the regular price of a bus ticket is "x" dollars.
2. Eric gets a discount of $0.50 off each ticket, so the discounted price would be "x - $0.50".
3. Eric bought 5 tickets, so the total amount he spent would be 5 times the discounted price: 5 * (x - $0.50).
4. We know that the total amount he spent is $12.50, so we can set up an equation: 5 * (x - $0.50) = $12.50.
5. Now, let's solve the equation to find the value of x.
Expanding the equation, we get: 5x - 5 * $0.50 = $12.50.
Simplifying further, we get: 5x - $2.50 = $12.50.
Adding $2.50 to both sides of the equation, we get: 5x = $15.00.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 5, we find: x = $3.00.
Therefore, the regular price of a bus ticket is $3.00.