5. Juan’s cell phone company charges $35 a month for the phone service plus $0.50 for each text message. How many text messages does Juan send in a month if his bill was $52? plz help its due today

Juan sent 34 text messages in a month

Explanation:

You have to create an equation for your problem!

t = text messages

The equation below represents the charge for Juan's cell phone usage

35 + 0.50t =$

Substitute 52 for "$" since that is the amount of the bill sent to Juan for a particular month.

Solve!

35 + 0.50t = 52   subtract 35 on both sides

0.50t = 17 divide 0.50 on both sides

t =34

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