two phone companies offer discount rates to students. the first company wants $9.95 per month plus $.10 per minute for long distance calls. The second company wants $12.95 per month plus $.08 per minute for long distance calls. What is the equation?
#1: c = 9.95 + .10m
#2: c = 12.95 + .08m
For his long distance phone service, Josh pays a
$5
monthly fee plus
9
cents per minute. Last month, Josh's long distance bill was
$22.82
. For how many minutes was Josh billed?
To find the equation that represents the total cost for each phone company, we will use the information provided.
Let's call the monthly cost for the first company as C1 and the monthly cost for the second company as C2.
For the first company, the monthly cost is $9.95 plus $0.10 per minute for long-distance calls. Given this, we can write the equation for the first company as:
C1 = $9.95 + $0.10x
Where x represents the number of minutes of long-distance calls made in a month.
For the second company, the monthly cost is $12.95 plus $0.08 per minute for long-distance calls. Therefore, the equation for the second company is:
C2 = $12.95 + $0.08x
Where x has the same meaning as before.