Jason had $50. He bought 2 magazines at $4.50 each and spent part of the remaining money on 6 pens. If he had $6.20 left, how much did each pen cost?

Answer 1

amount left after the mags
= 50 - 2(4.5) = 41
cost of each pen --- x
6x + 6.2 = 41

solve for x