document.write( "Question 177175: Lena purchased a prepaid phone card for $30. Long distance calls cost 17 cents a minute using this card. Lena used her card only once to make a long distance call. If the remaining credit on her card is $24.05, how many minutes did her call last?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #132241 by Earlsdon(6294)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Lena has used $30-$24.05 = $5.95 of the total value of the card. \n" ); document.write( "The question is...how many minutes of long-distance call can she get from $5.95 at $0.17 per minute. \n" ); document.write( "To find out, you will need to divide $5.95 by $0.17, so... \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Lena's long-distance call lasted 35 minutes. \n" ); document.write( " |