Question

A cell phone company offers two different plans. Plan A costs $92 per month for unlimited talk and text. Plan B costs $0.20 per minute plus $0.10 per text message sent. You need to purchase a plan for your teenage sister. Your sister currently uses 1,750 minutes and sends 1,600 texts each month. 1. What is your sister’s total cost under each of the two plans? 2. Suppose your sister doubles her monthly usage to 3,500 minutes and sends 3,200 texts. What is your sister’s total cost under each of the two plans?

Answer 1

Instructions are listed below

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Plan A:

$92 per month for unlimited talk and text.

Plan B:

$0.20 per minute plus $0.10 per text message sent.

A) 1,750 minutes and 1,600 texts

Plan A= $92

Plan B= 0.20*1750+0.10*1600= $510

B) 3,500 minutes and 3,200 texts.

Plan A= $92

Plan B= 0.20*3500+0.10*3200= $1020