SOLUTION: Hi professor I just want to double check myself. My word problem reads, using a phone card to make long distance call costs $0.80 plus $0.33 per minute starting with the first minu

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Question 665639: Hi professor I just want to double check myself. My word problem reads, using a phone card to make long distance call costs $0.80 plus $0.33 per minute starting with the first minute. What is an equation of the form y= mx + b for this situation. I believe the answer is y=0.33x+0.80 . Thank you!!!
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using a phone card to make long distance call costs $0.80 plus $0.33 per minute starting with the first minute. What is an equation of the form y= mx + b for this situation. I believe the answer is y=0.33x+0.80
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If x is the # of minutes and y is the cost in dollars, that's correct.