Question

Under her cell phone plan, Caroline pays a flat cost of $54.50 per month and $5 per gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill at $74 per month. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine gg, the number of gigabytes of data Caroline can use while staying within her budget.
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 2

Equation:
Answer: gg =

Answer 1

Equation: 54.50 + 5g = 74

Solve: 5g = 74 − 54.50 = 19.50, so g = 19.50 / 5 = 3.9

Answer: g = 3.9 gigabytes