SOLUTION: A long-distance telephone company charges as $19.95 standard monthly service fee plus %0.05 per minute of long-distance use. Write a polynomial to express the monthly cost of the p
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Question 269884: A long-distance telephone company charges as $19.95 standard monthly service fee plus %0.05 per minute of long-distance use. Write a polynomial to express the monthly cost of the phone plan if 'x' minutes of long-distance time are used per month. What is the degree of the polynomial?
I don't know if I'm going in the right direction, would I make an equation like this?
19.95 + .05x
Thanks in advance! Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are correct. However, you'll most likely see it as (ie the terms are in descending degree). Because the largest exponent is 1, the degree of is 1.
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