SOLUTION: Acme Phone Company Charges $21 a month plus $0.05 a minute.Beltone phone charges $15 a month plus $0.11 a minute. Write and solve an equation to determine how many minutes a month
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Question 1129842: Acme Phone Company Charges $21 a month plus $0.05 a minute.Beltone phone charges $15 a month plus $0.11 a minute. Write and solve an equation to determine how many minutes a month you must use for the cost of using either company to be equal?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Acme Phone Company Charges $21 a month plus $0.05 a minute.Beltone phone charges $15 a month plus $0.11 a minute. Write and solve an equation to determine how many minutes a month you must use for the cost of using either company to be equal?
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Let "m" be # of minutes of use.
Acme Cost:: (2100 + 5m) cents
Beltone Cost:: (1500+11m) cents
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Equation:
2100+5m = 1500+11m
600 = 6m
minutes = 100
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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