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OpenStudy (cameronlovesmorgan):

Kerry has a new cell phone plan. It works by charging $20 per month and then $0.10 for each minute over 200 minutes. a. Write an equation for the amount of extra minutes, x, billed if Kerry’s cell phone bill was $40.

OpenStudy (3mar):

If we let x represents the extra minutes per month. ok?

OpenStudy (3mar):

then the amount paid is y.

OpenStudy (3mar):

Do you follow?

OpenStudy (cameronlovesmorgan):

x+40=y?

OpenStudy (3mar):

not quite

OpenStudy (3mar):

y=20+0.01(x)

OpenStudy (3mar):

Does it make sense?

OpenStudy (cameronlovesmorgan):

a bit.

OpenStudy (3mar):

So where can we put 200 min in the relation?

OpenStudy (3mar):

It looks like that. |dw:1476137216450:dw|

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