document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=557511>Question 557511</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A call to Tucson from a pay phone in Chicago cost 85 cents for the first minute and 27 cents for each additional minute or portion of a minute. If a student has $9.50 in change, how long can she talk?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #362635 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TutorDelphia><B>TutorDelphia(193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TutorDelphia><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=TutorDelphia><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=362635\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The hardest part of this question is the term each additional minute. If I make a call that's 10 minutes long, that'd be 1 minute plus 9 additional minutes. If my call was 15 minutes long, that'd be 1 minute plus 14 additional minutes. In general, its the flat rate minute, plus m-1 where m is the total number of minutes. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As an equation we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.50=.85+.27(m-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distribute the .27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.50=.85+.27m-.27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.50=.58+.27m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract .58 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.92=.27m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by .27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And we get 33.03<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So that'd by 33 minutes<BR>\n" );
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