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Question 1185580: Dear tutor,
I am a little confused on this word problem and I am also new to this website so I my apologies if I do something wrong!
Phone Now charges $20 per month connection and $0.20 per call. What will the total bill be if 60 calls were made over the month?
Sorry if the question doesn’t make sense I just copied and pasted it

Found 3 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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c=0.20x%2B20
if x=60
c=0.20%2A60%2B20
c=$52-> the total bill be if 60 calls were made over the month

Answer by ikleyn(52798) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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To  20  dollars, we should add  60 times 0.20 dollars.


The formula is


    the total bill = 20 + 60*0.20 = 20 + 6*2 = 20 + 12 = 32 dollars.    ANSWER

I intentionally showed my calculations in the most detailed form, in order you can see the unmoted logic.

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given $20 per month fee, $0.20 per call,
Find bill cost if 60 calls

Cost for a month, 20%2B0.2x for x number of calls.

20%2B0.2%2A60
20%2B%281%2F5%29%2A60
20%2B12
32