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Paul bought a student discount card for the bus. The card allows him to buy daily bus passes for $1.40. After one month, Paul bought 19 passes and spent a total of $32.60. How much did he spend on the student discount card? Paul spent $ on the student discount card.

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Given

bus passes cost $1.40 each

19 passes plus discount card cost $32.60

Find

the cost of the discount card

Solution

Use the given relation bewteen the costs.

... 19×$1.40 + (discount card) = $32.60 . . . given

... $26.60 + (discount card) = $32.60 . . . . simplify

... (discount card) = $6.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtract $26.60

Paul spent $6 on the discount card.

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