Paying bills consumer math questions. Help me check my answers please! I will post the questions below.
1. Checks are stale-dated when ____. A. you indicate in the "memo" field B. 6 months from the date of the check C. 30 days from the date of the check D. 1 year from the date of the check 2. When comparing plans, you should ____. A. Look at your previous bills and B. Enroll in the plan and then compare the cost savings C. Choose the cheapest plan D. Choose a plan that gives you the most benefits 3. You decide to enroll in a plan that gives you a 10% discount if you make phone calls 7pm-6am. The per minute charge is $0.10 and the sales tax is 6%. On the first month's bill you used the phone for 130 minutes 6am-7pm and then 400 minutes 7pm-6am. How much was your total bill? A. $56.18 B. $53.00 C. $51.94 D. $49.00
What are your answers?
1. B 2. A 3. C
Oops I didn't fully write out A, here's what it says A. Look at your previous bills and estimate how they would have been different using another plan
@Zelda Hello?
Moment.
Okay I see you're helping other people, just making sure you didn't forget about me
1. Is right. 2. Seems right? Not sure about this one. 3. Yup.
Yeah number two is confusing to me too. But I have one more I need help with that's all math so just give me a sec to type it out
4. The "Limited Plan" offers a 15% discount for power usage between 7pm and 9am if most of your usage happens during that time. If not, then you lose your discount and you pay a 20% premium on the usage outside of that time. The cost per kilowatt hour is $0.05432. How much would you have paid in March if you used 450 KWH 7pm-9am and 465 KWH 9am-7pm? A. B. C. D.
A. $49.70 B. $51.08 C. $54.75 D. $42.25
For number 4 I got B. Is that right? @Zelda
Yes!
Yay! Awesome. Are you sure all my answers are right besides number two?
Yea. I'm 100% sure.
Thank you so much! Number two is super confusing, I guess I will have to look for the answer somewhere in the lesson.
Well I got the last question wrong. I wonder what I did wrong?
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