16. Higher Order Thinking A cell phone plan is shown at the
right. The rates, which include an unlimited data plan, are the
same each month for 7 months. The total cost for all 7 months
is $180.39. Let m represent the average number of minutes that
exceeds 700 minutes each month.
a. Write an equation to represent the given situation.

your answer is 23/2 - 13.5

step-by-step explanation:

7/2 evaluates to

multiply x and 4.5

multiply x and 1

the x just gets copied along.

the answer is x

x

4.5*x evaluates to 4.5x

multiply 3 and 4.5x

multiply 1 and x

the x just gets copied along.

x

4.5*x*3 evaluates to 13.5x

7/2-4.5*x*3 evaluates to

  + 8 =

the answer is

7/2-4.5*x*3+8 evaluates to

5x+2x=49

7x=49

x=7. 35 apples

exa:

)

3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.