Problema Solution
You want to add a tablet to a current cell phone plan and you are comparing 2 different companies. Horizon Wireless charges a monthly usage fee of $9 plus $4.50 per gigabyte of data used. G-Mobile charges a monthly usage fee of $16 plus $1.00 per gigabyte of data used.
Find the number of gigabytes used for which the charges for both companies would be the same
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Let 'x' represent the number of gigabytes used.
9 + 4.50x = 16 + 1.00x
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x = 2 GB
The charges of both companies are the same for 2 gigabytes used.