Maths Assignment

Task 1.
a) How much will it cost Sophie per month with RINGALING if she is charged with 20 minutes of
calls in the month.
It will cost her $45 because it would be $25 (base cost) + $20 ($1/minute * 20 minutes)
b) Find the cost in one month for one hour worth of calls if Sophie goes with CHAT4MORE.
It will cost her $85 because it would be $55 (base cost) + $30(50c/minute * 60 minutes)
c) Sophie estimates that she will make 2 hours of calls per month. How much will TONEDEAF
charge her for one year?
It will cost her $1488 because it would be [$100 (base cost) + $24(20c/minute * 120
minutes)] * 12 (months in one year)
d) Table:
Minutes 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Cost ($) 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95
e) If Sophie pays $115 for a month of calls with TONEDEAF, how many minutes will she have
used?
115= 100 + 0.2*M
15= 0.2*M
75=M

Task 2.

Mobile Phone Price Plans

120

100

Cost ($)

80

60

40

20

0
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Minutes
RINGALING

minutes

RINGALING
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85

CHAT4MORE

TONEDEAF

CHAT4MORE
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110

TONEDEAF
55
57.5
60
62.5
65
67.5
70
72.5
75
77.5
80
82.5
85
87.5
90
92.5
95
97.5

100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117

80

-For the first 70 minutes TONEDEAF costs a lot more than the other two.
-RINGALING is the cheapest for the first 60 minutes but its prices rise the fastest.
-CHAT4MORE is more expensive than RINGALING for the first 60 minutes but after that it becomes
cheaper.
-If Sophie knows that she will talk for no more than 60 minutes each month then she should choose
RINGALING, if not then it would be wise to go with CHAT4MORE

Task 3.

minutes

RINGALING
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
175
180

CHAT4MORE
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
205

TONEDEAF
55
57.5
60
62.5
65
67.5
70
72.5
75
77.5
80
82.5
85
87.5
90
92.5
95
97.5
100
102.5
105
107.5
110
112.5
115
117.5
120
122.5
125
127.5
130
132.5
135
137.5
140
142.5
145

100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136

Mobile Phone Price Plans

250

200

Cost ($)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Minutes
RINGALING

CHAT4MORE

TONEDEAF

-RINGALING is cheapest for the first 60 minutes

-CHAT4MORE is cheapest between 60 and 150 minutes
-TONEDEAF is cheapest for over 150 minutes
-Sophies choice depends entirely on how long she plans to talk for each month: if she is going to talk
for less than 60 minutes: RINGALING; more than 60 but less than 150 minutes: CHAT4MORE; Over
150 minutes: TONEDEAF.

Task 4.
a)
i)

m + 25 = 0.5m +55
-25
-25
m
= 0.5m+30
-0.5m -0.5m
0.5m =
30
/0.5
/0.5
m
=
60
ii)
Ringaling is cheaper until 60 minutes at which point it costs the same as Chat4more.
This is proven to be correct by my graph and my table.
b)
i)
ii)

iii)

Tonedeaf: c = 0.2m + 100

0.2m + 100 = 0.5m +55
-55
-55
0.2m + 45 = 0.5m
-0.2m
-0.2m
45 = 0.3m
/0.3
/0.3
m
=
150
Chat4more is cheaper until 150 minutes at which point it costs the same as
TONEDEAF. This is proven to be correct by my graph and my table.