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A cell phone company charges a monthly fee plus $0.25 for each text message the monthly fee is $30.00 and you owe $59.50 how many text message did I you have?how we write that in equation

User MWiesner
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You received 118 text messages you can write it

30.00+0.25(t)=59.50
User Stephen Mesa
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59.50=30+.25x

And then solve for x.
59.5-30=.25x
29.5=.25x
(29.5/.25)=x

So x=118, or 118 text messages.

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