Given that Kimora’s cell phone company charges her $35 a month for phone service plus $.05 for each text message sent.
Kimora's cell phone bill for one month is $52.
We need to determine the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month and to write it in equation and solve the equation.
The equation:
Let x denote the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month.
The equation is given by
[tex]35+0.05x=52[/tex]
Therefore, the equation for the number of text messages Kimora sent for one month is [tex]35+0.05x=52[/tex]
Solving the equation:
We need to solve the equation [tex]35+0.05x=52[/tex]
Let us solve the equation.
Subtracting both sides of the equation by 35, we get;
[tex]0.05x=17[/tex]
Dividing both sides of the equation by 0.05, we get;
[tex]x=340[/tex]
Therefore, the number of messages sent is 340.
