Problema Solution
A cell phone company charges a monthly fee of $30 for the fist 1800 text messages and 30 cents for each additional text message. Miriam's bill for the month of June is $56.10. How many text messages did she send that month?
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let 'x' represent the total number of text messages that Miriam has sent that month
30 + 0.30(x - 1800) = 56.10
by solving we find:
x = 1,887 text messages
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Miriam sent 1,887 text messages.