Lily needs an internet connectivity package for her firm. She has a choice between CIVISIN and GOMI

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Lily needs an internet connectivity package for her firm. She has a choice between CIVISIN and GOMI with the following monthly billing policies. Each company's monthly billing policy has an initial operating fee and charge per megabyte.

Operating Fee charge per Mb
CIVSIN 29.95 0.14
GOMI 4.95 0.39

(i) Write down a system of equations to model the above situation
(ii) At how many Mb is the monthly cost the same? What is the equal monthly cost of the two plans?

(i) Set up a cost function C(m) for CIVSIN where m is the number of megabytes used:
C(m) = charge per Mb * m + Operating Fee
C(m) = 0.14m + 29.95

Set up a cost function C(m) for GOMI where m is the number of megabytes used:
C(m) = charge per Mb * m + Operating Fee
C(m) = 0.39m + 4.95

(ii) At how many Mb is the monthly cost the same?
Set both cost functions equal to each other:
0.14m + 29.95 = 0.39m + 4.95

We type this equation into our search engine and we get:
m = 100

(ii) What is the equal monthly cost of the two plans?
CIVSIN - We want C(100) from above where m = 100
C(100) = 0.14(100) + 29.95
C(100) = 14 + 29.95
C(100) = 43.95

GOMI - We want C(100) from above where m = 100
C(100) = 0.39(100) + 4.95
C(100) = 39 + 4.95
C(100) = 43.95