Your cell phone plan costs ​$34.99 per month plus ​$0.12 for each text message you send or receive. You have at most ​$40 to spend on your cell phone bill. What is the maximum number of text messages that you can send or receive next​ month?

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Part 1
The maximum number of text messages is  enter your response here.

Answer 1

To find the maximum number of text messages that can be sent or received, we need to subtract the monthly cost of the plan from the total amount that can be spent on the cell phone bill.

If the plan costs $34.99 per month, we subtract this from the $40 budget:

$40 - $34.99 = $5.01

Now, since each text message costs $0.12, we divide the remaining budget by the cost per text message to find the maximum number of messages:

$5.01 / $0.12 ≈ 41.75

Therefore, the maximum number of text messages that can be sent or received next month is approximately 41.