Question

under her cell phone plan, nora pays a flat cost of $35.50 per month and $5 per gigabyte. she wants to keep her bill at $42 per month. write and solve an equation which can be used to determine g, the number of gigabytes of data nora can use while staying within her budget. answer attempt 1 out of 2 equation:

Explanation:

Step1: Set up the equation

Let \( g \) be the number of gigabytes. The total cost is the flat cost plus the cost per gigabyte. So the equation is \( 35.50+5g = 42 \).

Step2: Solve for \( g \)

Subtract \( 35.50 \) from both sides: \( 5g=42 - 35.50 \).
\( 5g = 6.5 \).
Divide both sides by \( 5 \): \( g=\frac{6.5}{5} \).
\( g = 1.3 \).

Answer:

The equation is \( 35.50 + 5g=42 \) and the value of \( g \) is \( 1.3 \).