SOLUTION: your long distance telephone provider offers too plans. Plan A has a monthly fee of $15 and $0.25 per minute. Plan B has a monthley fee of $20 and $0.05 per minute. write and solve

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Question 1203361: your long distance telephone provider offers too plans. Plan A has a monthly fee of $15 and $0.25 per minute. Plan B has a monthley fee of $20 and $0.05 per minute. write and solve an equation to find the numbers of minutes that you must talk to have the same cost for each plans

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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two linear expressions, to be equated. Variable is the number of minutes used.
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25 minutes




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for x number of minutes
x%2F4%2B15=x%2F20%2B20
x%2F4-x%2F20=5
4x%2F20=5
x=25