SOLUTION: local bus service costs $.85 per trip (one way). A student monthly pass is $21.50 for unlimited trips. How many trips must be made in a month to make monthly pass a good deal?

Question 41333: local bus service costs $.85 per trip (one way). A student monthly pass is $21.50 for unlimited trips. How many trips must be made in a month to make monthly pass a good deal?
Found 2 solutions by zeynep, Nate:
Answer by zeynep(43) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's see how many one way trip can be made with $21.50;
21.50/0.85=25.3
So to make monthly pass a good deal, more than 25 trips must be made in a month. This way one would pay the price of 25 one way trips whereas she or he makes more than that.
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
where is the number of trips

About 26 trips costs $21.50; to make a good profit, you would need to do 26 trips or more.
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