A cell phone carrier offers two plans for text messaging. Plan A costs $20 per month plus $0.05 per text. Plan B costs $10 per month plus $0.10 per text. For how many text messages per month are the plans the same cost?

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Answer:

200 texts = same costs

Step-by-step explanation:

Plan A:   20 + (.05 x 200)

              20 +  10 =30

Plan B  10 + (.10 x 200)

            10 + 20 = 30

For  text messages per month both the plans are of same cost, as per linear equation.

What is a linear equation?

"A linear equation is an equation in which the highest power of the variable is always 1. It is also known as a one-degree equation. The standard form of a linear equation in one variable is of the form Ax + B = 0. Here, 'x' is a variable, 'A' is a coefficient and 'B' is constant."

Let, for x  text messages per month both the plans are of same cost.

Plan A costs $20 per month plus $0.05 per text.

Now, for the plan A with x text messages, the cost is:

$(20 + 0.05 × x)

= $(20 + 0.05x)

Plan B costs $10 per month plus $0.10 per text.

Now, for the plan A with x text messages, the cost is:

$(10 + 0.10 × x)

= $(10 + 0.10x)

Therefore, (20 + 0.05x) = (10 + 0.10x)

⇒ 0.10x - 0.05x = 20 - 10

⇒ 0.05x = 10

⇒ x = (10 ÷ 0.05)

⇒ x = 200

Therefore, for 200 text messages per month both plans are of same cost.

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