SOLUTION: A telephone company charges a customer $33.50 for the first 100 calls a month and 25 cents per call in excess of 100 calls. If the total bill of a customer for a certain month is $

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Question 348292: A telephone company charges a customer $33.50 for the first 100 calls a month and 25 cents per call in excess of 100 calls. If the total bill of a customer for a certain month is $55.25, Find the total number of calls made by the customers?
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Let x = number of calls in excess of 100
given:
Total monthly bill = 55.25
Amount paid @ .25/call over 100 calls = .25x
.25x+%2B+33.5+=+55.25
.25x+=+21.75
x+=+87
The customer made 87 calls