SOLUTION: Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $19 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.13 for each minute of c

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Question 1140707: Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $19 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.13 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $24 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.08 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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19 + 0.13x = 24 + 0.08x.


Solve for x, the number of minutes when the costs of the two plans be equal.


0.13x - 0.08x = 24 - 19


0.05x = 5


x = 5%2F0.05 = 100 minutes.    ANSWER

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