Suppose you have a gift certificate worth $20 for one long-distance phone call. If the charge is $1.10 for the first minute and $0.42 for each additional minute, what is the longest that you can talk?

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Rylee Faulkner

Mathematics

6 February, 22:48

Suppose you have a gift certificate worth $20 for one long-distance phone call. If the charge is $1.10 for the first minute and $0.42 for each additional minute, what is the longest that you can talk?

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Gringo · Answer 1

Suppose you have a gift certificate worth $20 for one long-distance phone call. If the charge is $1.10 for the first minute and $0.42 for each additional minute, what is the longest that you can talk?

20 - 1.10 = 18.9

18.9 / 0.42

= 45