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The phone company NextFell has a monthly cellular plan where a customer pays a flat monthly fee and then a certain amount of money per minute used on the phone.

The phone company NextFell has a monthly cellular plan where a customer pays a flat-example-1
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a. Since the cost, in dollars, is 47 for 260 minutes, we have:


\begin{gathered} y=mx+b \\ 47=260m+b \end{gathered}

Also, since the cost, in dollars, is 108 for 870 minutes, we have:


108=870m+b

Now, subtracting the first equation from the second, we obtain:


\begin{gathered} 108-47=870m+b-260m-b \\ \\ 61=610m \\ \\ m=(61)/(610) \\ \\ m=0.1 \end{gathered}

Now, we can use this result to find the value of b:


\begin{gathered} 108=870\cdot0.1+b \\ \\ b=108-87 \\ \\ b=21 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the equation is:


y=\mathbf{0.1x+21}

b. Now, we need to find y for x = 894. We have:


\begin{gathered} y=0.1\cdot894+21 \\ \\ y=89.4+21 \\ \\ y=110.4 \end{gathered}

Thus, the answer is:

If 894 minutes are used, the total cost will be 110.4 dollars.

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