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6. A phone company charges $67 for monthly

access and $14 for each gigabyte of data
used. If you sign a two-year contract and
use 147.5 gigabytes of data, which value is
the closest approximation to the total
amount you will pay for phone service?

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Final answer:

To find the total cost of a two-year phone service considering monthly fees and data usage charges, calculate the cost of 24 months of service and the total for the data used. For a $67 monthly fee and $14 per gigabyte, using 147.5 GB over two years, the total cost would approximately be $3673.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks for the total cost of a phone service over a two-year period, given a monthly access fee and a per gigabyte data fee. To calculate the total cost, multiply the monthly access fee by 24 months (since it's a two-year contract) and add the product of the cost per gigabyte and the total amount of data used.

Monthly access cost over two years: 24 months * $67/month
Data cost: 147.5 gigabytes * $14/gigabyte
Total cost: Monthly access cost + Data cost

Let's do the math:
Monthly access cost over two years: 24 * $67 = $1608
Data cost: 147.5 * $14 = $2065
Total cost: $1608 + $2065 = $3673

User Izza
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147.5 times 14 = 2065

And they want an estimate so just round the 147.5 to 150.0 and the 14 to a 15 and your answer is 2250

Estimate : 2250

Actual answer is : 2065

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