First thing to do, is organize in your mind what is asked of the problem. Since the problem talks about total cost, then you are dealing with monetary units of measurement. Next, you investigate on the variables given and what they represent. Looking at the following expressions, I could not immediately get a hint on what these terms stand for. But for letter c, I deduced that that would be the overall equation representing the total cost.
The first term, 0.25x, must be the cost of the phone units purchased under the plan . That means each cellphone unit used costs $0.25 each. The second term, 2y, must be the cost of data used by the plan. So, that means each megabyte used up costs $2. These two costs must be what is referred to by the additional costs. Lastly, the last term, '55'. is the fixed cost when you subscribe to the amount per month. Hence, the equation in letter C represents the total cost per month.
The answer will turn out to be 26.87
Answer:
<h3>A. </h3>

- log
= log 3 - x³ log x = log 3
- 3x³ log x = 3 log 3
- x³ log x³ = log 3³
= 3³- x³ = 3
- x =

<h3>B.</h3>
- 4ˣ + 6ˣ = 9ˣ
- 2²ˣ + 2ˣ3ˣ = 3²ˣ
<u>Divide both sides by 2²ˣ</u>
<u>Substitute (3/2)ˣ = t</u>
<u>Solve for t:</u>
<u>Positive root is considered as (3/2)ˣ can't be negative.</u>
- (3/2)ˣ = (1 + √5)/2
- x = log [(1 + √5)/2] / log (3/2)
- x = 1.18681439028
<span>( 9 + 2 i ) ( 3 − 5 i ) − ( 9 + i ) ( 3 − 5 i )
FOIL
i x i = -1
(27 + 6i - 45i +10) - (27 +3i - 45i +5)
Combine like terms and distribute the negative
37 - 39i + 42i - 32
3i + 5
This is the farthest I could go with it. Assuming you were looking for a simplification though you did not specify your desired answer's criteria. Hope this helped!</span>
B) 1.6^4 1.6 is being multiplied 4 times