Acell phone company charges a monthly fee plus $0.25$0.25 for each text message. the monthly fee is $30.00$30.00 and you owe $59.50$59.50. write and solve an equation to find how many text messages xx you had. an equation is

Equation: $59.50 - $30.00 = $0.25X =$29.50 = $0.25X =$29.50/$0.25 = X = 118 text messages used Explanation - First you take the total bill less the monthly fee of $30 to get $29.50. This amount represents the amount of the bill generated by the text messages you used. Then you divide this amount by $0.25 to get the total number of text, which is 118.

32

step-by-step explanation:

these are your clues: 1. kim ran 18 races2. this was four fewer races than twice thenumber, notice it says twice the number, so you would do the equation 18x2-4; which equals the number 32.thus, 32 is your answer.