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Tim's phone service charges $26.39 plus an additional $0.21 for each text message sent per month. if tim's phone bill was $31.64, which equation could be used to find how many text messages, x, tim sent last month?

The map shows the location of the airport and a warehouse in a city. though not displayed on the map, there is also a factory 112 miles due north of the warehouse.a truck traveled from the warehouse to the airport and then to the factory. what is the total number of miles the truck traveled?