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HELP PLEASE HELP ME A cell phone company charges a $30 monthly fee plus $0.25 for each text message. If you owe a total of $59.50, how many text messages (m) did you have for the month?

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HELP PLEASE HELP ME A cell phone company charges a $30 monthly fee plus $0.25 for-example-1
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118 because 59.50-30 is 29.5 and for every one it is 4 texts so you do 29x4 and get 116 and add on the 2 texts from the .5 and get 118
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Step-by-step explanation:I can’t see the opitons but what you would do is subtract 59.50 and 30.Then for the remain number every dollar is 4 people.

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