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VoiceStream offered a plan for 40 dollars per month, plus an additional charge of 5 cents for every text sent.
If you send 100 text messages in a month, what would your total cost be? Simply explain the answer

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If y represented the total monthly cost and x represents the number of texts sent, what equation in slope-intercept form represents this plan?
Answered by GPT-4o mini
To calculate the total cost of the plan, we will consider both the monthly fee and the cost of the text messages sent.

1. **Monthly Fee**: The base fee for the plan is $40.

2. **Cost of Text Messages**: Each text message costs 5 cents, or $0.05. If you send 100 text messages, the cost will be:
\[
100 \text{ messages} \times 0.05 \text{ dollars/message} = 5 \text{ dollars}.
\]

3. **Total Cost**: To find the total cost, we add the base fee and the cost of the text messages:
\[
\text{Total Cost} = \text{Monthly Fee} + \text{Cost of Text Messages} = 40 \text{ dollars} + 5 \text{ dollars} = 45 \text{ dollars}.
\]

Therefore, if you send 100 text messages in a month, your total cost would be **$45**.

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