Question

Nova receives a bill for her cell phone each month. She pays a flat fee of $35 plus $0.05 per text message. This month, her bill without taxes was $51.50 Which equation gives the number of text messages, , she sent this month?

Answer 1

A simple formula with x as the number of text messages:


Bill= .05x + 35

51.50= .05x +35
-35 -35

16.50= .05x
/.05 /.05

x= 330

Nova sent 330 text messages that month.

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Answer 2

she sent out 330 text messages