Introduction
Nobody would ever say no to free money, right? Not unless they first ask, "What's the catch?!" There are so many options out there today, but if you're not careful you could be making decisions soon that could cost you some BIG bucks. This Webquest will help you to use advertisements and commercials to find the best deal and put that hard earned money back in your wallet!
Task
Your parent(s) finally have decided you are responsible enough to get a cell phone all your own, but before they fork out the money for the phone, they want to know you are ready for the responsibility. They want you to use the universe of the web to find the best deals on a cell phone and plan. After you have found the best deal you are going to create a presentation that proves that the phone and plan you picked is in fact the best possible option. You will find at least three different options from different companies and will use equations, graphs, and tables to compare and contrast what the companies offer. You will come up with such a high impact, accurate, and organized presentation that your parents are will have no choice but to immediately go out and buy you (their amazing genius) that phone you've been wanting for so long.
Process
First you will have to figure out how much the phone is going to cost and then how much the plan itself is going to cost per month.
Second you will take this information and make an equation using x as the number of months and y being the total cost. Make sure you are using the slope intercept formula.
Next, you will take your formula and put your independent and dependent variables into an input output table. You will include all of the problems that you used to substitute x values to get the resulting y-values.
Finally, you will graph your equation on a coordinate plane. Make sure your y-axis and x-axis is labeled and that your graph has a title.
Once you have finished that you will repeat the process for the next to offers. You should only have one graph in the end with three distinct lines that are labeled with their coordinating company. For example, the blue line on the graph represents Sprint and the red one represents AT&T.