They charge $30 per month as a base so that is y
They also charge $0.25 per text message, this is x
so $0.25x+$30y=$59.50
first subtract 30 from both sides to get x alone
$0.25x=$29.50
To find amount of text messages sent, we have to divide
$29.50/$.25
29.50/.25=118
This person sent 118 text messages
For this case we have the following inequality:

We multiply both sides of the equation by -1.
By doing this, change the symbol of the inequality.
We have then:

From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:
Answer:
The solution set is:
{x | x R, x < -12}
Answer:
work is shown and pictured
If the value depreciates by 20% each year it means that each year the value = 80% ( or 0.8) of the value the previous year
Lets suppose the mower cost $200 then after 5 years value would be 200 * (0.8)^5 = $6.5.54 so its not worthless
b) aFTER 2 YEARS THE FACTOR WOULD BE (0.8)^2 = 0.64
He multiplies by 0.64 Aswer