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question: under her cell phone plan, yaritza pays a flat cost of $41.50 per month and $5 per gigabyte. she wants to keep her bill under $60 per month. which inequality can be used to determine x, the maximum number of gigabytes yaritza can use while staying within her budget? answer: 60 < 5(x + 41.5) 60 > 5(x + 41.5) 5x + 41.5 < 60 5x + 41.5 > 60 submit answer watch video show examples

Explanation:

Step1: Identify cost - components

The flat cost is $41.50$ and the cost per gigabyte is $5x$ where $x$ is the number of gigabytes. The total cost is $5x + 41.5$.

Step2: Set up the inequality

She wants to keep her bill under $60$. So the inequality is $5x+41.5 < 60$.

Answer:

$5x + 41.5 < 60$