Question

Your new cell phone plan charges $50 per month for 400 minutes of talk time. The plan charges $0.10 for each additional minute you talk. You use 50 additional minutes this month. What is your bill for the month?

CLEAR CHECK

Answer 1

here;

per month-50$ for 400 m

now'

50*0.10$

5$

again;

monthly + additional

50+5

$55

Answer 2

55

Explanation:

cell phone plan charges $50 per month for 400 minutes of talk time. The plan charges $0.10 for each additional minute you talk.

Let the monthly charge be y and x be the number of additional minutes.

So, the equation becomes,

y = 50 + 0.10(x)

For, The given month the additional minutes are 50.

so, y = 50 + 0.10(50) = 55