document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245837>Question 245837</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A telephone company charges $4.95 per month for long distance calls plus $0.05 per minute.  The monthly cost c of long distance calls can be described by the equation c=0.05m +4.95, where m is the number of minutes. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the y-intercept of the graph of the equation </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #179516 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=179516\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It looks like you copied the problem incorrectly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There was no m (number of minutes)in your formula.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I fixed that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the y intercept is when y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this case when c=0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=.05m+4.95\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides by 100 (this step is not necessary it is just to eliminate decimals)<BR>\n" );
document.write( " subtract 495 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-495=5m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-99=m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-99 is the  y intercept \r<BR>\n" );
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