Your current cell phone company charges $30 per month for unlimited texting. Another company charges $20 per month for the first 500 texts plus 5 cents each for any additional text. Should you keep your current current service or switch to the other?

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To determine whether you should keep your current cell phone service or switch to the other company, let's calculate the cost for each option based on your texting habits.

1. Current Service:
Your current service charges $30 per month for unlimited texting. Regardless of how many texts you send, the cost remains the same.

2. Other Company:
The other company charges $20 per month for the first 500 texts and an additional 5 cents for each extra text.

To compare the costs, we need to consider the number of texts you typically send in a month:

- If you send fewer than 500 texts per month, the cost for the other company would be $20, as it covers the first 500 texts.
- If you send more than 500 texts per month, you need to calculate the additional cost per text. Let's assume you send x extra texts.

The cost for the extra texts with the other company would be 5 cents per text. So the total cost for the additional texts would be 0.05x.

To determine which option is more cost-effective, we need to compare the total costs for each option based on your texting habits.

If we assume you send fewer than 500 texts per month, the current service would cost you $30, while the other company would cost you $20. In this case, sticking with your current service might be more economical.

If you send more than 500 texts per month, let's say x texts, the cost for the other company would be $20 (first 500 texts) + 0.05x. In this scenario, if the cost of the other company is less than $30 (the cost of your current service), then switching to the other company would be more cost-effective. Otherwise, it would be better to stick with your current service.

So, based on your texting habits and the cost calculations, you can determine whether you should keep your current service or switch to the other company.