Question

The telephone rates between your city and the city where your brother lives are $.54 for the first minute and $.22 for each additional minute. Calculate the cost of a 10-minute call to your brother.

Answer 1

The first minute costs $0.54.
From the second minute to nine minutes, each minute costs $0.22.
Therefore, the total cost within 10 minutes is
$0.54 + 9($0.22) = $2.52