Astrid has a data plan through her cell phone company where she pays $49 a month for 5,000 kilobytes (KB) of data and $0.037 for each additional KB over 5,000. To the nearest cent, how much would Astrid need to pay for her data plan if she used 6,978 KB of data?

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Reynaldo Schneider

17 February, 09:42

Astrid has a data plan through her cell phone company where she pays $49 a month for 5,000 kilobytes (KB) of data and $0.037 for each additional KB over 5,000. To the nearest cent, how much would Astrid need to pay for her data plan if she used 6,978 KB of data?

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Answer: $122.19

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this, first we have to calculate the additional KB that Astrid used:

KB used - KB limit=

6,978-5,000 = 1,978

Then, the cost of the plan is equal to a fixed fee (49) plus the product of the number of additional KB over 5,000 (x) and the cost per KB (0.037).

Cost = 49 + 0.037 x

Substituting x = 1,978

C = 49 + 0.037 (1,978)

C = 49+73.186

C=$122.19

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