Question

for his long distance phone service, lamar pays a 6 dollar monthly fee plus 8 cents per minute. last month, lamars long distance bill was 14.96. for how many minutes was lamar billed

Answer 1

112

Explanation:

14.96-6 = 8.96, divide 8.96 by 0.08 and it comes out to 112 which would be how much minutes in total Lamar used.

0.08 being cents per minute

8.96 being the total amount used after the initial $6 monthly fee