Question

Kimora’s cell phone company charges her $35 a month for phone service plus $.05 for each text message sent. How many text messages does Kimora send in one month if her cell phone bill was $52? Write an equation and solve.

Answer 1

Given that Kimora’s cell phone company charges her $35 a month for phone service plus $.05 for each text message sent.

Kimora's cell phone bill for one month is $52.

We need to determine the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month.

Also, we need to write and equation and solve it.

The equation:

Let x denote the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month.

Thus, the equation is given by

$35+0.05x=52$

Therefore, the equation for the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month is $35+0.05x=52$

Solving the equation:

We need to solve the equation $35+0.05x=52$

Subtracting both sides of the equation by 35, we get;

$0.05x=17$

Dividing both sides of the equation by 0.05, we get;

$x=340$

Therefore, the number of messages sent is 340.