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Talks-A-Lot phone company charges $0.70 for every 15 minutes. Reaching Out phone company charges $1.00 for every 20 minutes. Which company is offering the cheaper rate, or are the rates the same?

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Let's find the unit rates

Talks-A-Lot charges $0.04666666666 ($0.7/15 min)

Reaching Out charges $0.05 ($1/20 min)

Talks-A-Lot offers the cheaper rate

"Talk-A-Lot" phone company offering the cheaper rate.

What is unitary method?

The method in which first we find the value of one unit and then the value of the required number of units is known as the Unitary Method.

According to the given question.

Amount of money charged by Talks-A-Lot phone company for

15 minutes = $0.70

⇒ Amount of money charged by Talks-A-Lot phone company for

1 minute = [tex]\frac{0.70}{15}[/tex] = $0.0466

Also,

The amount  of money charged by Reaching out phone company for 20 minutes = $1.00

⇒ Amount of money charged by reaching out phone company for 1 minute = [tex]\frac{1.00}{20}[/tex]= $0.05

Hence, "Talk-A-Lot" phone company offering the cheaper rate.

Find out more information about unitary method here:

https://brainly.com/question/22056199

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