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

--the answer here--(x + 0.50)=25

Answer 1

To solve for the cost of each mechanical pencil, we first need to let \( x \) be the cost of one bundle of mechanical pencils (which presumably contains 10 pencils).

In the equation given, you have:

\[ x + 0.50 = 25 \]

Here, \( 0.50 \) represents the cost of a bundle of 10 erasers (since each eraser costs $0.50).

To find the value of \( x \) (which represents the total cost of the mechanical pencils), you can rearrange the equation:

1. Subtract $0.50 from both sides: \[ x = 25 - 0.50 \]
2. Calculate the right-hand side: \[ x = 24.50 \]

So, the cost of the bundle of mechanical pencils is $24.50.

Therefore, in your equation, the missing place (representing the cost of a bundle of mechanical pencils) is 24.50.

The complete equation is:

\[ 24.50 + 0.50 = 25 \]