SOLUTION: For his long distance phone calls, John pays $5 a monthly fee plus 25 cents per minute. Last month, John's long distance bill was $12.02. For how many minutes was John billed?

Question 51333: For his long distance phone calls, John pays $5 a monthly fee plus 25 cents per minute. Last month, John's long distance bill was $12.02. For how many minutes was John billed?

Found 2 solutions by checkley71, stanbon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5+.25x=12.02 .25x=7.02 or x=7.02/.25 x=28.08 minutes.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
John pays $5 a monthly fee plus 25 cents per minute. Last month, John's long distance bill was $12.02. For how many minutes was John billed?
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Let x be the number of minutes billed.
EQUATION:
Total bill = 500 cents + 25(# of minutes) cents
1202 cents = 500 cents + 25x cents
25x = 702
x = 28.08 minutes (this is number of mintes billed)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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