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

blank(x + 0.50)=25

Answer 1

The equation to compute the cost of each mechanical pencil is:
x + 0.50 = 25

To solve for x, we need to isolate the variable. We can do this by subtracting 0.50 from both sides of the equation:

x + 0.50 - 0.50 = 25 - 0.50
x = 24.50

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