Mr. Spears was purchasing supplies for his math classroom. He had 25$ to spend. Mechanical pencils and eraser come in bundles of 10. Each eraser cost 0.50. Fill in the missing place in the equation to compute the cost of each mechanical pencil

Question

Mr. Spears was purchasing supplies for his math classroom. He had 25$ to spend. Mechanical pencils and eraser come in bundles of 10. Each eraser cost 0.50. Fill in the missing place in the equation to compute the cost of each mechanical pencil

__ (x+0.50)=25

Answer 1

Let's represent the cost of each mechanical pencil as "y".

Since each eraser costs $0.50 and there are bundles of 10, the equation for the cost of erasers would be 10(0.50) = $5.

To find the cost of the mechanical pencils, we subtract the cost of erasers from the total amount Mr. Spears had to spend: $25 - $5 = $20.

Now, we can set up the equation to find the cost of each mechanical pencil:
10y = $20

To isolate "y", we need to divide both sides of the equation by 10:
10y/10 = $20/10

Simplifying the equation gives us:
y = $2

Therefore, the cost of each mechanical pencil is $2.