Question

Your new cell phone plan charges $50 per month for 400 minutes of talk time. The plan charges $0.10 for each additional minute you talk. You use 50 additional minutes this month. What is your bill for the month?

A.5
B.55
C.95
D.450

Answer 1

50+.10(50)=x
50+5=x
55=x
B is the answer

Answer 2

Option (b) is correct.

The monthly bill if we uses 50 additional minutes this month is $ 55

Explanation:

Given: Your new cell phone plan charges $50 per month for 400 minutes of talk time. The plan charges $0.10 for each additional minute you talk.

We have to find the monthly bill if we uses 50 additional minutes this month.

Consider the given plan.

cell phone plan charges $50 per month for 400 minutes of talk time. The plan charges $0.10 for each additional minute you talk.

Let the monthly charge be y and x be the number of additional minutes.

So, the equation becomes,

y = 50 + 0.10(x)

For, The given month the additional minutes are 50.

so, y = 50 + 0.10(50) = 55

Therefore, The monthly bill if we uses 50 additional minutes this month is $ 55