Troy signed up for a new cell phone plan which charges him a fee of $40 per month, plus $0.05 for each text message that he sends. If Troy wants to spend at the most $70 on his cell phone bill this month which inequality below can be used can be used to determine the number of text messages that he can send

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Grace Stanley

12 July, 01:26

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Tyson Hunter · Answer 1

He can send 600 messages.

40+0.05x=70

-40+0.05x=70-40

0.05x=30

So divide 30 by 0.05

and you get 600.