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Under her cell phone plan, Caroline pays a flat cost of $54.50 per month and $5 per gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill at $74 per month. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine gg, the number of gigabytes of data Caroline can use while staying within her budget.

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Equation:

$74 = $54.50 + $5x

answer: x = 3.9.

Caroline can use 3.9 GB and stay within her budget.
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