Marcos purchases a top-up card for his pre-paid cell phone. His remaining balance, B, can be modeled by the equation B = 35 – 0.15n, where n is the number of minutes he's talked since purchasing the card. a) How much money was on the card when he purchased it? $ Which intercept is this? Select an answer v b) How many minutes will he have talked when he runs out of money? minutes. Which intercept is this? Select an answer v c) What is the slope of this equation? What are the units on the slope? Select an answer

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Marcos purchases a top-up card for his pre-paid cell phone. His remaining balance, B, can be modeled by
the equation B = 35 – 0.15n, where n is the number of minutes he's talked since purchasing the card.
a) How much money was on the card when he purchased it? $
Which intercept is this?
Select an answer v
b) How many minutes will he have talked when he runs out of money?
minutes. Which intercept
is this? Select an answer v
c) What is the slope of this equation?
What are the units on the slope? Select an answer
Transcribed Image Text:Marcos purchases a top-up card for his pre-paid cell phone. His remaining balance, B, can be modeled by the equation B = 35 – 0.15n, where n is the number of minutes he's talked since purchasing the card. a) How much money was on the card when he purchased it? $ Which intercept is this? Select an answer v b) How many minutes will he have talked when he runs out of money? minutes. Which intercept is this? Select an answer v c) What is the slope of this equation? What are the units on the slope? Select an answer
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