document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182839>Question 182839</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780321442338/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I  really hope someone can help me solve this equation for I didn't even know where to begin!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-An international phone call costs $2.00 for the first 3 min, plus $0.30 per minute for each minute or fractional part of a minute after the first 3 min. If x represents the number of minutes of the length of the call after the first 3 min, then 2 + 0.30x represents the cost of the call. If Jorge has $5.60 to spend on a call, what is the maximum total time he can use the phone?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = number of minutes after the first 3 mins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then they already provide:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 2 + 0.30x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where f(x) is the cost\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since he only have $5.60 to spend:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.60 >= 2 + 0.30x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.60 >= 0.30x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 minutes >= x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x has to to \"less than or equal\" to 12 minutes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since x is the minutes AFTER the first 3 then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "maximum total time <= 12+3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "maximum total time <= 15 minutes<BR>\n" );
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