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.

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Andrea Ruiz

Mathematics

4 September, 04:43

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.

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Lee Berger · 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