Question

If it costs $5.35 per day for a 5 day work week to ride the bus, and a weekly pass is $25, how much could a person save by buying the pass?

Answer 1

Hello!

The first thing you need to do in this problem is calculate how much it would cost to ride the bus 5 days a week WITHOUT the pass. Since you know there are 5 days in a week, and each day costs 5.35 dollars, multiply those two numbers together.

5*5.35= $26.75

Now, we are trying to find out how much more that is than the bus pass, since we are trying to find how much you can save by buying the bus pass. To do that, subtract 25 dollars (the cost of the bus pass) from the cost without the bus pass (26.75 dollars.)

26.75-25=1.75


Therefore, your answer is the first one: $1.75


I hope this helps! Comment if you have any questions :)

Answer 2

$1.75

Explanation:

basically we are comparing

5 daily passes vs. a weekly pass.

5 daily passes = 5×$5.35 = $26.75

a weekly pass = $25.00

so, the difference is 26.75 - 25 = $1.75