A cell phone company charges a monthly fee plus $0.25$0.25 for each text message. The monthly fee is $30.00$30.00 and you owe $59.50$59.50. Write and solve an equation to find how many text messages xx you had.An equation is
Equation:
$59.50 - $30.00 = $0.25X
=$29.50 = $0.25X
=$29.50/$0.25 = X
= 118 text messages used
Explanation - First you take the total bill less the monthly fee of $30 to get $29.50. This amount represents the amount of the bill generated by the text messages you used. Then you divide this amount by $0.25 to get the total number of text, which is 118.
