document.write( "Question 346063: A long distance telephone service charges 10 cents for the first minute and 5 cents for each minute thereafter. Write an equation representing the cost C for any call, using x for its length. Using that equation, how many minutes can you talk on the phone if you don’t want the cost to exceed $5.00?
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x mins duration
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\n" ); document.write( "C= 5x+10
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\n" ); document.write( "5x+10<500 cents
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\n" ); document.write( "5x<500-10
\n" ); document.write( "5x<490
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\n" ); document.write( "5x/5 = 490/5
\n" ); document.write( "x<98 minutes
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