SOLUTION: Using a phone card to make a long distance call costs a flat fee of $0.41 plus $0.33 per minute starting with the first minute. What is an equation of the form y=mx+b for this situ
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Question 783603: Using a phone card to make a long distance call costs a flat fee of $0.41 plus $0.33 per minute starting with the first minute. What is an equation of the form y=mx+b for this situation?
Could you please help me with this problem
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 
is going to represent the minutes used, how would you account for minutes at $0.33 per minute? And how would you account for the $0.41 that only occurs once no matter how long you talk?
Now look at 
. 
gets multiplied by and then 
gets added on the end no matter what the value of might be.
Now think about all of that and then go write your equation.
John
Egw to Beta kai to Sigma
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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