Problema Solution
Marsha is changing her phone service. One data package charges an initial fee of $50 and $13.25 per month. The other has no initial fee but charges $25.75 per month for the same data package. After how many months would Marsha have paid the same amount for either data package?
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Let 'x' represent the number of months.
50 + 13.25x = 25.75x
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x = 4 months
After 4 months Marsha would have paid the same amount for either data package.