Question

Tamara has a cell phone plan that charges $0.07 per minute plus a monthly fee of $19.00. She budgets $29.50 per month for total cell phone expenses. What is the maximum number of minutes Tamara could use her phone each month in order to stay within her budget?

Answer 1

525 minutes

Explanation:

Given that the monthly fee for the phone is $19 and the call charges rate is $0.02 per minute.

Her monthly budget is $29.50.

Let Tamara can make a maximum number of n minutes call in a month.

So, call charges for n minutes = $0.02n

Total monthly expenses on her phone = 19+0.02n

As her monthly budget is $29.50.

So, 19+0.02n=29.50

0.02n=29.50-19

0.02n=10.50

n=10.50/0.02

n=525

Hence, she can make a maximum of 525 minutes call.