For his phone service, Bill pays a monthly fee of $17, and he pays an additional $0.06 per minute of use. The least he has been charged in a month is $97.82.
What are the possible numbers of minutes he has used his phone in a month?

Question

For his phone service, Bill pays a monthly fee of $17, and he pays an additional $0.06 per minute of use. The least he has been charged in a month is $97.82.
What are the possible numbers of minutes he has used his phone in a month?

anonymous · Answer

97.82-17=87.82
87.82/.06= 1,463.66 minutes

anonymous · Answer

(total - monthly fee )  / mins used

anonymous · Answer

use m for the number of minutes, and solve your inequality for m?

anonymous · Answer

m>97.82-17  
m>87.82/.06
m>463.66 
It should be greater than or equal to BTW Its just theres no key for that on the keyboard :)