Cell Phone Service
Cellular phone service is available for $\$ 77$ per month for 959 minutes. What is the monthly
cost per minute? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a cent.
The cost for the phone service is $\square$ cents per minute.
Answer
\(\boxed{8.0}\) cents per minute is the final cost for the phone service
Step 1 ：Calculate the cost per minute by dividing the total cost by the total number of minutes: \(\frac{77}{959} = 0.0802928\) dollars per minute
Step 2 ：Convert the cost per minute from dollars to cents by multiplying by 100: \(0.0802928 \times 100 = 8.02928\) cents per minute
Step 3 ：Round the cost per minute to the nearest tenth of a cent: \(8.02928 \approx 8.0\) cents per minute
Step 4 ：\(\boxed{8.0}\) cents per minute is the final cost for the phone service
