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A cell phone carrier offers two plans for text messaging. Plan A costs $20 per month plus $0.05 per text. Plan B costs $10 per month plus $0.10 per text. For how many text messages per month are the plans the same cost?

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Answer:

c-200

Explanation:

Plan A: 20 + (.05 x 200)

20 + 10 =30

Plan B: 10 + (.10 x 200)

10 + 20 = 30

User Vampire
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For the answer to the question above,Let C-cost
Let n- the number of text messages

c=20+0.05n
c=10+0.10n

When cost is same;
20+0.05n=10+0.10n
20-10=0.10n-0.05n
10=0.05n

10/.05

n=200
Cost is same when 200 messages are sent.

I hope my answer helped you
User Mike Ritacco
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