Question

A ROUND-TRIP bus ticket to NYC costs $10.45. A pack of ten single-trip tickets for the same trip is $39.40. This pack is good for 20 days, counting the day purchased.

1. If Singh purchases a ten-trip ticket pack on Thursday, July 7, by what day must he use this last trip?

2. How much does he save by buying the ten-trip packet?

Answer 1

1. Singh must use his last trip on Tuesday, July 26 as it includes the day the pack is purchased

2. A 10 pack of single trip tickets is worth 5 round trip tickets. Buying 5 round trip tickets instead would cost $52.25 instead of $39.40, so Singh would save $12.85