Question

Jorge and Jillian have cell phones with different service providers. Jorge pays $50 a text month and $1 per text message sent. Jillian pays $72 a month and $0.12 per text message sent. How many texts would each of them have to send in order for their bill to be the same amount at the end of the month?

Answer 1

When they send 25 texts each, their bills will be equal

Explanation:

Let the number of text messages that makes their bill equal be x

Jorge will have a bill of = 50 + x(1) = 50 + x

Jillian will have a bill of = 72 + 0.12(x) = 72 + 0.12x

Since their bills will now be equal, we equate both

50 + x = 72 + 0.12x

72-50 = x-0.12x

22 = 0.88x

x = 22/0.88

x = 25 texts