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

□ (x + 0.50)=25

Answer 1

The missing place in the equation can be filled in as follows:

(x + 0.50) = 25

This equation represents the cost of each mechanical pencil, denoted by x, plus the cost of one eraser, which is $0.50, equaling the total amount Mr. Spears had to spend, which is $25.