SOLUTION: A phone company offers two monthly plans. Plan A costs $15 plus an additional $0.15 for each minute of calls. Plan B costs $26 plus an additional $0.13 for each minute of calls. Fo

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Question 1187996: A phone company offers two monthly plans. Plan A costs $15 plus an additional $0.15 for each minute of calls. Plan B costs $26 plus an additional $0.13 for each minute of calls. For what amount of calling do the two plans cost the same?What is the cost when the two plans cost the same?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A phone company offers two monthly plans.
Plan A costs $15 plus an additional $0.15 for each minute of calls.
Plan B costs $26 plus an additional $0.13 for each minute of calls.
For what amount of calling do the two plans cost the same?
What is the cost when the two plans cost the same?
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    15 + 0.15t = 26 + 0.13t  (where t is the amount of calling time)


From this equation


    t =  = 550 minutes.


The common costs  is  15 + 550*0.15 = 97.50  dollars.

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