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A cell phone company charges a monthly fee plus $0.25$0.25 for each text message. The monthly fee is $30.00$30.00 and you owe $59.50$59.50. Write and solve an equation to find how many text messages xx you had.An equation is

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Equation: $59.50 - $30.00 = $0.25X =$29.50 = $0.25X =$29.50/$0.25 = X = 118 text messages used Explanation - First you take the total bill less the monthly fee of $30 to get $29.50. This amount represents the amount of the bill generated by the text messages you used. Then you divide this amount by $0.25 to get the total number of text, which is 118.
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