SOLUTION: Your cell phone company charges $30.25 per month plus $0.05 per text. Your bill this month was $38.75. How may times did you send a text message? A.17 B.170 C.775 D.1380

Algebra ->  Test  -> Lessons -> SOLUTION: Your cell phone company charges $30.25 per month plus $0.05 per text. Your bill this month was $38.75. How may times did you send a text message? A.17 B.170 C.775 D.1380      Log On


   



Question 269250: Your cell phone company charges $30.25 per month plus $0.05 per text. Your bill this month was $38.75. How may times did you send a text message?
A.17
B.170
C.775
D.1380

Answer by cornball3440(16) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your cell phone company charges $30.25 per month plus $0.05 per text. Your bill this month was $38.75. How may times did you send a text message?
A.17
B.170
C.775
D.1380

That's pretty cheesey :)
first you subtract 30.25 from 38.75, which is 8.50.
You spent $8.50 on texting.
so you divide 8.5 by .05
that equals 170.
Your answer is B