Cell phone company A charges $20 per month plus $0.05 per text message. Cell phone company B charges $10 per month plus $0.07 per text message. Is there any number of text messages that will result in the exact same charge from both companies?
So for this you need to set the two equations equal to each other. 20+.05x=10+.07x then solve. Subtract .05 from both sides and get 20=10+.02x. Then subtract 10 from the other side and get 10=.02x Isolate x by dividing 10 by .02. This leaves you with the answer of 500 texts.
