Question

a cell phone company offers two different monthly plans.plan a charges $41 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.10 per text message.Plan b charges $31 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.15 per text message.How many text messages must a customer send in order for the cost of plan a to be equal to cost of plan b

Answer 1

41+0.10x = 31+0.15x

10 +0.10x=0.15x

10=0.05x

x=10/.05

x= 200 text messages

check 200*0.10 = 20 +41 =61

200*0.15 = 30+31 = 61

 they equal each other so number of texts is 200