A cell phone provider offers a plan that costs $40 per month plus $0.20 per text message sent or received. A comparable plan costs $50 per month but offers unlimited text messaging. Complete parts a, and b. below.
a. How many text messages would have to be sent or received in order for the plans to cost the same each month?
In order for the plans to cost the same, 50 text messages would have to be sent or received.
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
b. If you send or receive an average of 200 text messages each month, which plan would you choose? Why?
The plan with (the change per text message or unlimited text messages.)
because (less or more)
than ___ text messages are sent or received each month.