SOLUTION: Lashonda purchased a prepaid phone card for $30 . Long distance calls cost 7 cents a minute using this card. Lashonda used her card only once to make a long distance call. I

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Question 1060151: Lashonda purchased a prepaid phone card for
$30
. Long distance calls cost
7
cents a minute using this card. Lashonda used her card only once to make a long distance call. If the remaining credit on her card is
$27.27
, how many minutes did her call last?

Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, addingup:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
$30 - $27.27 = $3.27
$3.27 = 327 cents
327/7 = 46.7 minutes
Hope this helps :-)

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the minutes be x
Her call lasted for:
0.07x = 30-27.27 Subtract on right and then divide both sides by 0.07, you get:
x = 39