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When purchasing a new Cell Phone Plan you are given two pay options (Both included unlimited text):

With Plan A, you can pay 31 cents per minute. This can be represented by the equation
c=0.31m

With Plan B, you can pay 17 cents per minute plus a flat fee of $8.00. This can be represented by the equation
c=0.17m+8.00

Complete the following steps to determine how many minutes you would need to use for Plan B to be less expensive than Plan A
Write an inequality that represents Plan B < Plan A
Inequality:

Solve the inequality and use your answer to complete the following sentence:

Plan B is less expensive than Plan A when you use at least

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Answer:

Inequality: 0.17m + 8.00 < 0.31m

Plan B is less expensive than Plan A when you use at least 46.7 minutes.

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