SOLUTION: a promotional deal for long distance phone service charges a $15 basic fee plus $0.05 per minute for all calls. if joe's phone bill was $43 under this promotional deal, how many mi

Question 102968: a promotional deal for long distance phone service charges a $15 basic fee plus $0.05 per minute for all calls. if joe's phone bill was $43 under this promotional deal, how many minutes of phone calls did he make? round to the nearest interger, if necessary.
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up an equation like this to describe the problem:

Now, just solve for x:

Good Luck,
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