It cost Joseph $21.90 to send 146 text messages. How many text messages did he send if he spent $6.45?

Mathematics · College · Mon Jan 18 2021

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Given the statement:

It cost Joseph $21.90 to send 146 text messages.

Determine how many text messages did he send if he spent $6.45.

Solution:

In order to determine how many text messages did he send if he spent $6.45. we simply need to determine first the unit rate per text message by dividing 21.90 by 146.

= $21.90/146 text messages

= $0.15/message

Now we can divide 6.45 by 0.15 to determine the number of text messages.

= $6.45/$0.15
= 43 text messages

Final answer:

Joseph sent 43 text messages.