Question

Your phone service provider offers a plan that is classified as a mixed cost. The cost per month is $50 flat rate for the first 1,000 minutes plus $0.35 for each minute exceeding 1,000 minutes. If you use 1,200 minutes this month, your cost will be

Answer 1

$120

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the cost is shown below:

= Cost per month flat for 1,000 units + extra cost if exceeded 1,000 minutes

where,

Cost per month flat for 1,000 units = $50

And, the extra cost is

= $0.35 × 200 minutes

= $70

So, the total cost is

= $50 + $70

= $120

The 200 minutes is come from

= 1,200 minutes - 1,000 minutes