Question

Phoebe's pays 2.8 pence per minute to use her phone.

On average Phoebe uses her phone for 77 minutes per day.
She pays her phone bill for 29 days.
(a) Work out an estimate for how much Phoebe pays.

Answer 1

• £62.52

Given :

• per minute cost to use the phone : 2.8 pence
• Phoebe's average per day screen time : 77 minutes
• Number of days she pays the phone bill for : 29 days

To find :

• Amount Phoebe pays for 29 days usage of her phone

Solution :

In order to find the phone bill for 29 days , we are required to multiply the per minute cost to the average daily screentime and then multiply the result to 29.

• 
  `2.8 \: pence \: * 77min = 215.6 \:pence \\`

Thus, she pays 215.2 pence every day .

• 
  `215.2 \: pence \: * 29 = 6252.4pence`

Since, there is 100 pence in one pound,

Therefore, she paid an estimate of £62.52 bill for her phone for 29 days.