You are choosing between two different cell phone plans. The first plan charges a rate of 27 cents per minute. The secon

Question

You are choosing between two different cell phone plans. The first plan charges a rate of 27 cents per minute. The second plan charges a monthly fee of $29.95 plus 12 cents per minute.

How many minutes would you have to use in a month in order for the second plan to be preferable?

I've gotten the answer to be 200 minutes but it says that's wrong? please help. Am I missing somethings?

Answer 1

m represents the number of minutes

0.27m > 29.95 + 0.24m

0.15m > 29.95

m > 199.6666....

Answer 2

m represents the number of minutes

0.27m = 29.95 + 0.12m

0.15 m = 29.95

m = 199.666666...

Yes you were off by 1/3 of a minute