SOLUTION: Nick traveled out of the country for a month. He purchased a plan from his cell phone company that would allow him to send text messages to friends and family back home.​ Nic
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Question 1125486: Nick traveled out of the country for a month. He purchased a plan from his cell phone company that would allow him to send text messages to friends and family back home. Nick's telephone company charges $ 0.30
for a regular text message and $ 0.50
for a multimedia text messages. This month Nick was billed $ 89
and he sent total of 238
messages. How many regular text messages and multimedia text messages did he send? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x=regular
238-x=multimedia
.30x+.50(238-x)=89
.30x-.50x+119=89
-.20x=-30
x=150 regular ($45)
238-x=88=multimedia ($44)
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