Astrid has a data plan through her cell phone company where she pays $49 a month for 5,000 kilobytes (KB) of data and $0.041 for each additional KB over 5,000. To the nearest cent, how much would Astrid need to pay for her data plan if she used 5,868 KB of data?

$289.59
$494.59
$49.04
$84.59

Question

Astrid has a data plan through her cell phone company where she pays $49 a month for 5,000 kilobytes (KB) of data and $0.041 for each additional KB over 5,000. To the nearest cent, how much would Astrid need to pay for her data plan if she used 5,868 KB of data?

$289.59
$494.59
$49.04
$84.59

anonymous · Answer

the answer is D

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

@Isaiah.Feynman can you explain to her for me how i got this please?

camerondoherty · Answer

All you have to do is multiply the fee of every Kb over, by the amount of Kb she went over
In this case you multiply
$$$0.041× 5,868 $$
The solution is the answer c:
Remember to round to the product to the nearest cent