Question

John and his three brothers share a cell phone plan. The cell phone company charges a flat rate of $90 per month, which the four brothers share equally. In addition, the cell phone company charges 25 cents per megabyte of data downloaded. Each brother pays for his own downloaded data.

John's share of the current cell phone bill is $147.50.

Which equation determines how many megabytes of data John downloaded?

A. 90+0.25x = 147.50
B. 90x+0.25 = 147.50
C. 22.5+0.25x = 147.50
D. 22.5x+0.25 = 147.50​

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

90/4 is 22.5 so one brother pays $22.5 of the flat fee. Because we don't know the number of megabytes John used, and one megabyte is 0.25, that would make is 0.25x.

so the equation it 22.5+0.25x = 147.50