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Under his cell phone plan, Owen pays a flat cost of $67.50 per month and $4per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill at $71.90 per month. Write and solvean equation which can be used to determine g, the number of gigabytes ofdata Owen can use while staying within his budget.

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In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data:

$67.50 per month

$4 per gigabyte

total bill = $71.90 per month

g = ?

Step 02:

67.50 + g * 4 = 71.90

4g = 71.90 - 67.50

g = (71.90 - 67.50) / 4

g = 1.1

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