how much does jessica pay for each text message?

Question

Jessica's cell phone plan charges her a monthly fee plus a charge for each text message she sends. The cost of her cell phone is shown on the table. How much does Jessica pay for each text message?

 

Jessica's cell phone plan

Number of text messages:   50        75       100      125

Cost:                                35.00    35.75   36.50   37.25

Answer 1

I believe that this question is missing a little bit of information. The monthly fee would make this easier to solve but since it is not provided I attempt to solve it without it. 

 

According to the provided information, the cost of every 25 text messages is about 75 cents. 

 

So, to find the cost of the individual text message you need to set up this equation:

 

25 = 1

75    x

 

To solve for 'x' (the cost of the individual text) you follow these steps:

 

1. Multiply 75 by 1.

 

2. Divide the product of step one by 25. 

 

So, step one is equal to 75. Then you divide 75 by 25 to get the answer 3.

 

Jessica pays 3 cents for each text message.