Your Cell Phone Plan Costs $42 Per Month and Includes

question 205

Essay

Your cell phone plan costs $42 per month and includes 500 voice minutes. Each minute or fraction of a minute over the 500 costs $0.50 per minute. Your budget allows at most $60 for your cell phone bill. Let m be the minutes over 500 that you talk. Solve the inequality to determine how many minutes over 500 you can talk and still remain within your budget. Write the solution as an inequality and as a complete sentence.

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