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Under his cell phone plan, Bashir pays a flat cost of $56 per month and $4 per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill at $71.60 per month. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine xx, the number of gigabytes of data Bashir can use while staying within his budget.

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56+4x=71.60
4x=15.60
x=3.9

Bashir can use 3.9 gigabytes to stay in his monthly budget.
User Mark Davidson
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Answer:

3.9

Explanation:

you have to subtract 17.60 and 56 which gives you 15.6 then divide that by 4 and the final answer is 3.9 :) hope this helps

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