Question

ustomers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.12 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $17 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.07 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

Answer 1

X=575 minutes
This is the correct answer good luck with your work

Answer 2

Explanation:

Call the number of minutes, x.

Then set up the equation

.16x = 23 + .12x

Subtract .12x and then divide and get

.04x = 23

x = 575 minutes