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under his cell phone plan, Yusuf pays a flat cost of $57 per month and $5 per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill under $75 per month. Which inequality can be used to determine gg, the maximum number of gigabytes Yusuf can use while staying within his budget?

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The inequality representing the maximum number of gigabytes
(\( g \)) Yusuf can use while staying within his budget is
\( g \leq 3.6 \). Since
\( g \) must be a whole number, Yusuf can use at most 3 gigabytes to stay within his budget.

Let
\( g \) be the number of gigabytes Yusuf uses. The total cost
\( C \) is given by the flat cost plus the cost per gigabyte:


\[ C = 57 + 5g \]

Yusuf wants to keep his bill under $75, so the inequality for his budget constraint is:


\[ C \leq 75 \]

Substitute the expression for
\( C \):


\[ 57 + 5g \leq 75 \]

Now, you can solve for
\( g \) to find the maximum number of gigabytes Yusuf can use while staying within his budget. Subtract 57 from both sides:


\[ 5g \leq 18 \]

Divide both sides by 5:


\[ g \leq 3.6 \]

So, the inequality representing the maximum number of gigabytes
(\( g \)) Yusuf can use while staying within his budget is
\( g \leq 3.6 \). Since
\( g \) must be a whole number, Yusuf can use at most 3 gigabytes to stay within his budget.

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