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A tela telephone company offers two different types of billing the First Choice was to pay $10 per month plus $0.09 per MB of data the second choice is to pay $16 per month plus $0.07 per MB of data part a writing system of equations to model the situation the total cost for 1 month with each company Part B how many MB of data would you have to use in one month in order for both plans to cost the same amount explain how you determine your answer

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\begin{gathered} y=\text{ money you have to pay per month} \\ x\text{ = Mb of data} \\ FirstChoice\text{ } \\ y1=10+0.09x \\ SecondChoice \\ y2=16+0.07x \\ \\ \text{Part B} \\ 16+0.07x\text{ = }10+0.09x \\ x=300\text{ MB} \\ \end{gathered}

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