The equation for monthly payment is b = 49.05M.
SOLUTION:
Given, a cellular family phone plan cost $49 per minute plus five cents per minute of long distance service. We have to write an equation for the monthly payment b when M minutes of long distance service are used.
Now, given that,
[tex]\begin{array}{l}{\text { Monthly payment = } \$ 49 \text { per minute plus five cents per minute of long distance }} \\\\ {\Rightarrow \$ 49 \times \text { number of minutes }+\$ 0.05 \times \text { number of minutes of long distance }} \\\\ {\Rightarrow \mathrm{b}=49 \times \mathrm{M}+0.05 \times \mathrm{M} \rightarrow \mathrm{b}=49 \mathrm{M}+0.05 \mathrm{M} \rightarrow \mathrm{b}=49.05 \mathrm{M}}\end{array}[/tex]
Equation:
An equation is a statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =)
