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Which of the following situations represents a linear relationship? a. theresa increases the distance she runs by 0.1 miles every week. b. the volume of a box depends on the length of box. c. the amount of money in a bank account increases by 1 percent each year. d. the population of a town doubles every 5 years.

Tim's phone service charges $26.39 plus an additional $0.21 for each text message sent per month. if tim's phone bill was $31.64, which equation could be used to find how many text messages, x, tim sent last month?

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