SOLUTION: A long distance phone call costs $0.70 for the first minute and $0.39 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a perso
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Question 117859: A long distance phone call costs $0.70 for the first minute and $0.39 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $4. Do not solve the inequality.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A long distance phone call costs $0.70 for the first minute and $0.39 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $4.
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Let "x" be the number of minutes used.
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INEQUALITY:
0.70 + 0.39(x-1) <= 4
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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