Jenny wants to switch her family to a new cell phone plan. She is considering a plan offered by WirelessTalk. • WirelessTalk charges a monthly access fee of $45 for the family plan. • For every 2 phones on the plan, WirelessTalk charges an additional $30 per month. Jenny finds that her family would pay $135 per month on the plan. How many phones do they have? ___ phones
Q. Jenny wants to switch her family to a new cell phone plan. She is considering a plan offered by WirelessTalk. • WirelessTalk charges a monthly access fee of $45 for the family plan. • For every 2 phones on the plan, WirelessTalk charges an additional $30 per month. Jenny finds that her family would pay $135 per month on the plan. How many phones do they have? ___ phones
Divide Remaining Amount: Now, we need to divide the remaining amount by the additional charge for every 2 phones to find out how many sets of 2 phones there are.$90/$30=3 sets of 2 phones
Calculate Total Number of Phones: Since each set represents 2 phones, we multiply the number of sets by 2 to find the total number of phones.3 sets ×2 phones/set =6 phones
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