Questions from Financial Algebra

Q: Parisa’s cell phone plan has a monthly fee of $95,

Parisa’s cell phone plan has a monthly fee of $95, which includes unlimited free text messages and phone calls and 5GB of data. Each extra gigabyte of data, or part thereof, costs $14. a. Find the c...

Q: A pay phone at a shopping mall charges $0.68

A pay phone at a shopping mall charges $0.68 for the first 4 minutes and $0.21 for each extra minute (or part of a minute). a. Find the cost of a 10-minute call on this phone. b. Find the cost of a...

Q: A phone company set the following rate schedule for an m-

A phone company set the following rate schedule for an m-minute call from any of its pay phones. a. What is the cost of a call that is under 6 minutes? b. What is the cost of a 14-minute call? c....

Q: The Tell-All Phone Company prepaid phone card has charges of

The Tell-All Phone Company prepaid phone card has charges of $0.58 for the first 2 minutes and $0.21 for each extra minute (or part of a minute). Express their rate schedule as a piecewise function. L...

Q: Riley purchased a 30-day international cell phone plan for use

Riley purchased a 30-day international cell phone plan for use during winter break. There is a one-time fee of $35 and it includes 150 MB of data usage. Each extra megabyte, or part thereof, of data c...

Q: Vicki’s phone company charges x dollars for unlimited texting per month,

Vicki’s phone company charges x dollars for unlimited texting per month, or t dollars per text message sent or received. If she has m text messages for the month, express the difference in cost betwee...

Q: Danielle is examining the change in the money flow for Yahoo!

Danielle is examining the change in the money flow for Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) shares on two consecutive dates. The information is given in the table. Do the December 1 numbers reflect a positive or negati...

Q: A local cable TV/Internet/phone provider charges new customers

A local cable TV/Internet/phone provider charges new customers $129 for all three services, per month, for the first year under their “3 for 129” promotion. Joanne normally pays $74 for her monthly ho...

Q: A cable TV/Internet/phone provider charges Janet $110

A cable TV/Internet/phone provider charges Janet $110 per month for all three services. In addition, Janet’s monthly cell phone bill averages $98 per month. a. What does Janet pay annually for these...

Q: Text-Time charges $45 for an international texting plan with

Text-Time charges $45 for an international texting plan with 300 text messages included. If the customer goes over the 300 messages, the cost is $0.10 per message. They have an unlimited plan for $59...