A phone company has a monthly cellular data plan where a customer pays a flat monthly fee

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A phone company has a monthly cellular data plan where a customer pays a flat monthly fee of $10 and then a certain amount of money per megabyte (MB) of data used on the phone. If a customer uses 20 MB, the monthly cost will be $11.20. If the customer uses 130 MB, the monthly cost will be $17.80.

a. Find a linear equation for the monthly cost of the data plan as a function of x , the number of MB used.

b. Interpret the slope and y-intercept of the equation.

c. Use your equation to find the total monthly cost if 250 MB are used.

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Precalculus

ISBN: 9781938168345

1st Edition

Authors: Jay Abramson

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