for his phone service chris pays a monthly fee of $17 and he pays an additional $0.06 per minute of use. the least he has been charged in a month is $105.74 what is the possible numbers of minuets he has used his phone in a month? use m for the number of minutes, and solve your inequality for m

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Answer:

1479 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Monthly Fee = $17

Charges per minute = $0.06

Least charge = $105.74

Required

Determine the possible number of minutes

Representing the number of minutes with m;

The inequality can be written as

[tex]17 + 0.06 * m \geq 105.75[/tex]

We're making use of [tex]\geq[/tex] because the question says the least which means his charges could be more

Solving the inequality

[tex]17 + 0.06 * m \geq 105.75[/tex]

[tex]17 + 0.06 m \geq 105.75[/tex]

Subtract 17 from both sides

[tex]17 -17+ 0.06 m \geq 105.75-17[/tex]

[tex]0.06 m \geq 105.75-17[/tex]

[tex]0.06 m \geq 88.75[/tex]

Divide both sides by 0.06

[tex]\frac{0.06 m}{0.06} \geq \frac{88.75}{0.06}[/tex]

[tex]m \geq \frac{88.75}{0.06}[/tex]

[tex]m \geq 1479.16666667[/tex]

[tex]m \geq 1479[/tex] (Approximated)

The possible number of minutes he has used his phone is at least 1479 minutes