Question

A wireless company offers two cell phone plans. For the month of September, Plan A charges $35 plus $0.25 per minute for calls. Plan B charges $20 plus $0.50 per minute for calls. For what number of minutes do both plans cost the same amount?

Answer 1

60 minutes

Explanation:

Let the number of minutes be represented as x

For Plan A

Plan A charges $35 plus $0.25 per minute for calls.

$35 + $0.25 × x

35 + 0.25x

For Plan B

Plan B charges $20 plus $0.50 per minute for calls.

$20 + $0.50 × x

20 + 0.50x

For what number of minutes do both plans cost the same amount?

This is calculated by equating Plan A to Plan B

Plan A = Plan B

35 + 0.25x = 20 + 0.50x

Collect like terms

35 - 20 = 0.50x - 0.25x

15 = 0.25x

x = 15/0.25

x = 60 minutes.

Hence, the number of minutes that both plans cost the same amount is 60 minutes