Your long distance telephone provider offers two plans, Plan A has a monthly fee of $15 and $0.25 per minute. Plan B has a monthly fee of $20 and $0.05 per minute. Write and solve an equation to find the number of minutes that you must talk to have the same cost for each of the plans.

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Damaris Lam

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Yesterday, 21:52

Your long distance telephone provider offers two plans, Plan A has a monthly fee of $15 and $0.25 per minute. Plan B has a monthly fee of $20 and $0.05 per minute. Write and solve an equation to find the number of minutes that you must talk to have the same cost for each of the plans.

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Jordan Jones · Answer 1

Plan A:

15 + (0.25x)

15 + (0.25*80)

15 + (20)

35

Plan B:

20 + (0.05x)

20 + (0.05*300)

20 + (15)

35

I am sure there are other numbers that you can use but I just choose the number 35! Good luck!