Question

A cellphone service provider charges $5.00 per month and $0.20 per minute per call. If a customer's current bill is $55, how many minutes did the customer use? (Round any intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest whole minute.) 300 minutes 275 minutes 250 minutes 225 minutes

Answer 1

250 minutes

Explanation:

Given,

Cell phone charges for a month = $ 5.00,

Additional charges per minute = $0.20,

Let the cell phone is used for x minutes for a month such that the total bill is $ 55,

⇒ Cell phone charge for the month + additional charges for x minutes = $ 55

⇒ 5.00 + 0.20x = 55

Subtracting 5 on both sides,

0.20x = 50

x = 250,

Hence, the cell phone is used for 250 minutes.

Third option is correct.