Q:

Bob is trying to decide between two cell phone plans. Plan A has no flat fee, but the user must pay $10 cents per minute on the phone. Plan B requires a one-time fee of $20 but only requires a payment of $5 cents per minute on the phone. What is the minimum whole number of minutes Bob has to use the phone for to make Plan B the cheaper plan?PLZ HELP ASAPThanks

Accepted Solution

A:
$ per min is a rate. you multiple by minutes to get dollars.

A = 10x
B = 5x + 20

set them equal to find minutes, x.

10x = 5x + 20
10x - 5x = 20
5x = 20

x = 4