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?

Answer 1

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.