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Under his cell phone plan, Ethan pays a flat cost of $59 per month and $5 per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill under $70 per month. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of gigabytes Ethan can use while staying within his budget.
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the answer is 49.5+4g=56.3 it is the answer
Sure, here's an inequality to determine the number of gigabytes Ethan can use:
59 + 5x ≤ 70
To solve this, let's isolate the variable:
5x ≤ 70 - 59
5x ≤ 11
Now, let's solve for x by dividing both sides by 5:
x ≤ 11/5
So, Ethan can use a maximum of 11/5 or 2.2 gigabytes while staying within his budget. Or in simpler terms, he can use 2 gigabytes and have a little extra change for a surprise clown encounter.
To write an inequality to represent Ethan's situation, we'll let x be the number of gigabytes he can use while staying within his budget.
The cost of using x gigabytes is 5x dollars.
If he pays a flat cost of $59 per month and spends 5x dollars on gigabytes, then his total bill per month would be 59 + 5x.
We want to find the value of x that keeps his bill under $70 per month. Therefore, the inequality that represents this situation is:
59 + 5x ≤ 70
To solve this inequality for x, we need to isolate the variable x on one side of the inequality sign:
59 + 5x ≤ 70
5x ≤ 70 - 59
5x ≤ 11
Now, divide both sides of the inequality by 5:
(5x) / 5 ≤ 11 / 5
x ≤ 11/5
x ≤ 2.2
So, the number of gigabytes Ethan can use while staying within his budget is less than or equal to 2.2 gigabytes.
5x+59.5<70.
x<2.1
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Inequality: 5x+59<70
Answer: x < 2.2