Which Plan is Best?
Students were given two cellular phone options to compare.
Plan 1: C = $0.35m
Plan 2: C = $0.15m + $25
C represents the cost in dollars, and m represents the time in minutes. One group
graphed the two plans.
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Cost (dollars)
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60
40
20
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20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (minutes)
5. If the second plan was changed to 20 cents per minute, what would be different
about the graph?
6. If the first plan was changed so that the base fee was changed to $10, how
would the graph have changed?