Problema Solution

Three of the plans offered by Virgin Mobile for cell phone service are:

Plan A 35c for each minute

Plan B $10 per month plus 10c for each minute used in the month

Plan C $20 per month plus 30c per minute for each minute

after the 200-th minute used in the month

For Plan A write an equation describing the monthly cost of the plan depending of the number of minutes used. Indicate clearly what your variables represent(i.e. define the letters you use).

Answer provided by our tutors

Let C be the monthly cost

Let m be the number of minutes used in the month

C for PLan A,

C= 35m (in cents)

or C = 35m/100 = 7m/50 (in $)