document.write( "Question 177152: 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? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #132261 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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? \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "It was $30, now it's $24.05, so she used $5.95 of it. \n" ); document.write( "595cents/17 cents/min = 35 minutes. \n" ); document.write( "17 cents/minute is a bad deal. \n" ); document.write( " |