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for her cell phone plan, heather pays $30 per month plus $0.05 per text. she wants to keep her bill under $60 per month. which inequality represets the number of texts, t, heather can send each month while staying withing her budget?

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600 texts per month. 5¢ multiplied by 20 (20 texts) equals $1. 20 multiplied by 30 ($30) is 600. How out heels
User Aaron Halvorsen
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30 + 0.05t < 60

subtract 30 on both sides.

0.05t < 30

divide 0.05

t < 600
User Tasomaniac
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