Question

The monthly texting plan of All Star Cell is $11 per month and $0.25 per text. The monthly texting plan of Top Line Cell is $14 per month and $0.15 per text. A student wants to set up a system of equations to find the number of texts for which the total monthly cost of the two companies is the same. He uses the variables x and y. He lets y represent the total monthly cost. What will x represent?
x = number of texts
x = cost of the total number of texts
x = total monthly cost
x = cost of each text

Answer 1

In this scenario, the student is representing the total monthly cost of the texting plans as \( y \) and needs to define what \( x \) will represent in their system of equations.

Since the monthly texting costs are based on the number of texts sent, it makes sense for \( x \) to represent the **number of texts** sent.

Therefore, the correct interpretation is:

**x = number of texts**.