Mr. Spears was purchasing supplies for his math classroom. He had $25 to spend. Mechanical pencils and erasers come in bundles of 10. Each eraser costs $0.50. Fill in the missing place in the equation to compute the cost of each mechanical pencil.(1 point)

Question

Mr. Spears was purchasing supplies for his math classroom. He had $25 to spend. Mechanical pencils and erasers come in bundles of 10. Each eraser costs $0.50. Fill in the missing place in the equation to compute the cost of each mechanical pencil.(1 point)

(x + 0.50)=25

Answer 1

(x + 0.50) = 25

To compute the cost of each mechanical pencil, we need to solve for x.

Subtract 0.50 from both sides of the equation:

x = 25 - 0.50

x = 24.50

Therefore, the cost of each mechanical pencil is $24.50.