SOLUTION: a long distance phone call cost $1.75 plus $0.30 for each minute of the call. Write and solve a linear equation to find the length of a phone call that cost $7.45.

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Question 1152813: a long distance phone call cost $1.75 plus $0.30 for each minute of the call. Write and solve a linear equation to find the length of a phone call that cost $7.45.
Answer by VFBundy(438)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$1.75 + $0.30m = $7.45

$0.30m = $5.70

m = 19

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