For his phone service, Jason pays a monthly fee of $19, and he pays an additional $0.05 per minute of use. The least he has been charged in a month is $75.10.

What are the possible numbers of minutes he has used his phone in a month?

Use m for the number of minutes, and solve your inequality for m.

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Xiomara Boone

10 March, 13:28

For his phone service, Jason pays a monthly fee of $19, and he pays an additional $0.05 per minute of use. The least he has been charged in a month is $75.10.

What are the possible numbers of minutes he has used his phone in a month?

Use m for the number of minutes, and solve your inequality for m.

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Tate Wise · Answer 1

The answer is 1,122 minutes per month.

Given:

monthly fee - $19

additional - $0.05 per minute

charged in a month - $75.10

Req:

number of minutes

Sol:

monthly fee + additional fee ≥ charged in a month

19 + 0.05m ≥ 75.10

0.05m ≥ 56.10

m ≥ 1,122 minutes per month

Jason used his phone service for 1,112 minutes in the span of one month

For his phone service, Jason pays a monthly fee of $19, and he pays an additional $0.05 per minute of use. The least he has been charged in a month is $75.10.What are the possible numbers of minutes he has used his phone in a month?Use m for the number of minutes, and solve your inequality for m.