SOLUTION: A text message plan costs $5 per month plus $0.24 per text. Find the monthly cost for x text messages.

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Question 1147659: A text message plan costs $5 per month plus $0.24 per text. Find the monthly cost for x text messages.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx+b
m, slope, 0.24 dollars per text message
b, y-intercept, 5 dollars month or for the whole month
x, quantity of messages done in the month