Rocky pays a flat rate of $5 per month plus $0.10 per minute for his long-distance phone plan. He wants his total monthly bill to be less than $20.

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snowflake0531 · Answer

Do you know how to write a linear equation, or an inequality?

Rossrosse78 · Answer

No

snowflake0531 · Answer

Do you know what a linear equation is supposed to mean?

Rossrosse78 · Answer

No.

snowflake0531 · Answer

The form y=mx+b is the slope-intercept form.
Where m is the slope, which is rise over run between two points. And b is the y-intercept, the coordinate point where the line crosses the y-axis.
Agreed?

snowflake0531 · Answer

For this question, does the teacher just want you to write the inequality out?

snowflake0531 · Answer

Well, you went offline.
But, the steady rate of $5 is non-negotiable, so there's the y-intercept.
Then, the slope is 0.1, because it depends on the x-value.
So, for this y = 0.1x + 5
It says he wants it less than 20 dollars
20>0.1x+5