A mobile phone carrier charges an extra fee if a customer uses more than 500 minutes each month. Tom has already used 230 minute

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A mobile phone carrier charges an extra fee if a customer uses more than 500 minutes each month. Tom has already used 230 minute

s this month. Which inequality can be used to determine how many more minutes Tom can use this month without going over the 500-minute limit?

Mathematics

2 answers:

aleksandr82 [10.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-12T22:47:40+03:00

aleksandr82 [10.1K]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

230+m<_ 500

xxMikexx [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-12T21:20:35+03:00

xxMikexx [17]3 years ago

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Let x = the minutes that Tom has remaining before exceeding 500 minutes.

Because he has already used 230 minutes, the total minutes he has is
x + 230
We want this total to be less than or equal to 500 minutes.
Therefore
x + 230 ≤ 500

Answer: x + 230 ≤ 500