To find out how many minutes you would need to use in a month for the second plan to be preferable, you need to set up an equation and solve for the number of minutes.
Let's assume the number of minutes used in a month is x.
For the first plan, the cost would be 0.23x (since the rate is $0.23 per minute).
For the second plan, the cost would be $49.95 + 0.09x (since there is a monthly fee of $49.95 plus 9 cents per minute).
To find when the second plan is preferable, we need to set up the following equation:
49.95 + 0.09x < 0.23x
Now we solve the equation for x:
49.95 < 0.23x - 0.09x
49.95 < 0.14x
49.95 / 0.14 < x
356.79 < x
Therefore, you would need to use more than 356 minutes in a month for the second plan to be preferable.
Rounding up to the nearest whole minute, you would need to use at least 357 minutes in a month for the second plan to be preferable.
you are choosing between two different cell phone plans the first plant charges a rate of $0.23 per minute. The second plan charges a monthly fee of $49.95 plus 9 cents per minute. How many minutes would you have to use in a month in order for the second plan to be preferable round up to the nearest whole minute.
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