A cell phone company offers two different monthly plans. plan a charges $41 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.10 per text message. Plan b charges $31 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.15 per text message. How many text messages must a customer send in order for the cost of plan a to be equal to cost of plan b

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Gael Flowers

14 November, 01:07

A cell phone company offers two different monthly plans. plan a charges $41 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.10 per text message. Plan b charges $31 for unlimited cell phone minutes plus $0.15 per text message. How many text messages must a customer send in order for the cost of plan a to be equal to cost of plan b

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Breanna Parker · Answer 1

41+0.10x = 31+0.15x

10 + 0.10x=0.15x

10=0.05x

x=10/.05

x = 200 text messages

check 200*0.10 = 20 + 41 = 61

200*0.15 = 30+31 = 61

they equal each other so number of texts is 200