A Cellular Phone Company Offers Several Different Service Plans

question 5

Multiple Choice

A cellular phone company offers several different service plans. One option, for people who plan on using the phone only in emergencies, costs the user $5.15 per month plus $0.60 per minute for each minute the phone is used.
A. Write a linear function for the monthly cost of the phone in terms of the number of minutes the phone is used.
B. Use your equation to find the cost of using the cellular phone for 14 minutes in 1 month.

• A) (a) ; (b) $8.40
• B) (a) ; (b) $19.15
• C) (a) ; (b) $13.55
• D) (a) ; (b) $5.15
• E) (a) ; (b) $72.70

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