The following data table represents the total cost of a monthly cell phone bill as a function of the number of minutes that the phone is used each month. minutes 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500 total monthly cost (in dollars) $62 $77 $92 $107 $122 the table shows that as more minutes are used each month, the total monthly cost will increase at the same rate. assuming that this is true, what is the total monthly cost for the cell phone if it is used for 2,500 minutes?

from the given data , let us chose any two points to find the slope.

(500, 62) and (750, 77)

the formula to find slope is given by :

plugging the values ,

slope = 15/250

so our slope(m) is 0.)

now we will use point slope form to find the equation:

let us use point (500,62) and slope 0.06 here

now we have to find what is the total monthly cost for the cell phone if it is used for 2,500 minutes.

so plugging x as 2500 in the given equation to find y, we have :

y=182

answer : total monthly cost would be $182 for 2500 minutes.

is means division by fractions

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