ANSWER
to the nearest thousandth.
EXPLANATION
The given irrational number is
We use the calculator to evaluate this to obtain,
To round to the nearest thousandth means we are rounding to 3 decimal places.
The third decimal place is 5.
The next number is 5 so we round up.
A has fixed one time fee of $12 and if you go to it say "m" months you pay $28 for each month, so your total cost at A is really 12 + 28m.
B has a fixed one time fee of $20 and if you go to it "m" months you pay $26 for each month, so you total cost at B is 20 + 26m.
how many months for the cost to be the same?
well, since the cost for both is the same, we can just get A's, knowing that B is the same