Under his cell phone plan, Santiago pays a flat cost of $52 per month and $4 per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill under $60 per month. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine a, the number of gigabytes Santiago can use while staying within his budget.

According to the question

52 + 48 < 60

8 x <2

80 can be use within 2 gigabytes

Step-by-step explanation

♣ Question:

Under his cell phone plan, Santiago pays a flat cost of $52 per month and $4 per gigabyte. He wants to keep his bill under $60 per month

To Find: An inequality which can be used to determine a, the number of gigabytes Santiago can use while staying within his budget.

Based on the given conditions,

formulate:

52 + 4 x (x = 60)

52 + 4x = 60

4x = 60 - 52

4x = 8

x = 8/4

x = 2

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