SOLUTION: How to solve this : Paul bought a student discount card for the bus. The card costs $7 and allows him to buy daily bus passes for $1.50. After one month ,Paul spent $29.50. How m

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Question 627681: How to solve this :
Paul bought a student discount card for the bus. The card costs $7 and allows him to buy daily bus passes for $1.50. After one month ,Paul spent $29.50.
How many daily bus passes did Paul buy?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +n+ = number of daily bus passes used
Paul's cost is
+7+%2B+1.5n++=+29.5+
+1.5n+=+29.5+-+7+
+1.5n+=+22.5+
+n+=+15+
He bought 15 daily bus passes