SOLUTION: Two phone companies have a plan with the same monthly allowance on minutes, company A charges a monthly rate of $180 plus 75 cents per minute for each additional minute you go over

Question 1095902: Two phone companies have a plan with the same monthly allowance on minutes, company A charges a monthly rate of $180 plus 75 cents per minute for each additional minute you go over the monthly allowance. Company B charges $230 plus 50 cents per minute for each additional minute you go over the monthly allowance. How many minutes would you have to go over in order for both bills to be the same amount?

Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t be the time for both plans, in minutes. Then:
180+0.75t=230+0.5t
Then, solve for t.
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