document.write( "Question 1148592: The monthly cost (in dollars) of a long-distance phone plan is a linear function of the total calling time (in minutes). The monthly cost for 36 minutes of calls is $17.53 and the monthly cost for 75 minutes is $21.82. What is the monthly cost for 59 minutes of calls?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #769949 by josgarithmetic(39620) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "x minutes    y cost\r\n" );
document.write( "    36         17.53\r\n" );
document.write( "    59          ?\r\n" );
document.write( "    75         21.82\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "price $\"%2821.82-17.53%29%2F%2875-36%29=0.11\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "point-slope form, $\"y-17.53=0.11%28x-36%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28y=0.11%28x-36%29%2B17.53%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "substitute x with 59 to find the asked cost. \n" ); document.write( "

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