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A music app charges $5 to download the app plus $1.20 per song downloaded. Write and solve alinear equation to find the total cost to download 35 songs on this app. $47 $42$40.70$34

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Let x be the number of songs and y be the total cost. Then, we can write,


y=1.20x+5

Now, we need the total cost for 35 download songs. By substituting x=35 into the line equation, we get


y=1.20(35)+5

which gives


\begin{gathered} y=42+5 \\ y=47 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the answer is $47.

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