Question

Under her cell phone plan, Jocelyn pays a flat cost of $35 per month and $5 per

gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill under $55 per month. Use the drop-down menu
below to write an inequality representing g, the number of gigabytes she can use
while staying within her budget.
g
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Answer 1

< 5 gigabytes

Explanation:

Let the number of gigabytes be represented as: g

Under her cell phone plan, Nicole pays a flat cost of $35 per month and $5 per gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill under $60 per month.

Under $60 = less than (<) $60

Hence, our inequality equation is given as:

$35 + $5 × g < 60

35 + 5g < 60

Collect like terms

5g < 60 - 35

5g < 25

g < 25/5

g < 5 gigabytes

Therefore, the number of gigabytes she can use while staying within her budget less than 5 gigabytes