Suppose that a cell phone plan charges $15.00 for the first 60 minutes or less used in a month and $0.50 for each additional minute or portion of a minute.Write a piecewise function that shows the charges for time where t ranges from 0 to 63 minutes.

Suppose that a cell phone plan charges $15.00 for the first 60 minutes or less used in a month and $0.50 for each additional minute or portion of a minute.Write class=

Answer :

The cost of the plan is $15.00 for the first 60 minutes. Each additional minute (or portion of a minute) costs $0.50, then if you use 61 minutes, it is 1 additional minute, then the charge will be $15.00+$0.50*1=$15.50.

When you use 2 additional minutes, the charge will be $15.00+$0.50*2=$16.00.

And when you use 3 additional minutes, the charge will be $15.00+$0.50*3=$16.50.

Then, the function after 60 minutes depends on the additional minutes you used. Let's call it t. It can be represented by 15.00+0.50*t. Therefore:

[tex]f(t)=\begin{cases}15.00\text{ 0}\leq t\leq60 \\ 15.00+0.50t\text{ 60}

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