Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.14 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $23 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.09 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

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Arabella Hampton

Mathematics

28 April, 22:21

Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.14 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $23 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.09 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

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Mckinley Wagner · Answer 1

460 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

plan 1 :.14 m

plan 2: 23 +.09m

set them equal

.14m = 23 +.09m

subtract. 09m from each side

.14m-.09m = 23 +.09m-.09m

.05m = 23

divide by. 05 on each side

m = 23/.05

m = 460 minutes