SOLUTION: tim is choosing between two cell phone plans that offer the same amount of free minutes. Cingulars plan charges $39.99 per month with additional minutes costing $0.45. Verizons p

Question 780735: tim is choosing between two cell phone plans that offer the same amount of free minutes. Cingulars plan charges $39.99 per month with additional minutes costing $0.45. Verizons plan costs $44.99 with additional minutes at $0.40. How many additional minutes, a, will it take for the two plans to cost the same?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
39.99+0.45m=44.99+0.40m
0.45m-0.40m=44.99-39.99
0.05m=5
m=5/0.05
m=100 minutes
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