Question

Bayside insurance offers two health plans. Under plan A,Giselle would have to pay the first $200 of her medical bills, plus 40% of the rest. Under plan B, she would pay the first $230, but only 25% of the rest. For what amount of medical bills would plan B save her money? Assume she has over $230 in bills

Answer 1

If you let X be equal to the medical bill, plan A would look like this:
200+.40X
And plan B would look like this:
230+.25X
So to find at what point plan B is better, you'd have to find at what point these two equations meet. To do that, you set them equal to each other. This makes the equation look like this:
200+.40X=230+.25X
Simplifying that equation down, you get:
.40X=30+.25X
.15X=30
X=200
So this means that any medical bill above $200 will be better under plan B.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

incorrect