Answer: Eric paid $0.05 or 5 cents per text.
We have
Cost of wireless phone plan $35
Fixed charges $12.50
Cost of the text messages [tex]22.50 (35 -12.50)[/tex]
We need to deduct the Fixed charges, because Eric would have had to pay those charges even if he didn't send one text messages.
So, the cost per text messages is [tex]\frac{22.50}{450} = 0.05[/tex]