Bob's monthly phone bill is made up of a $10fee plus $0.05per minute. bob's phone bill for july was $22. write an equation to model the situation using푚to represent the number of minutes. solve the equation to determine the number of phone minutes bob used in july.

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Alonzo Erickson

Mathematics

25 August, 01:33

Bob's monthly phone bill is made up of a $10fee plus $0.05per minute. bob's phone bill for july was $22. write an equation to model the situation using푚to represent the number of minutes. solve the equation to determine the number of phone minutes bob used in july.

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You first create a equation that represents the situation: 22=.05푚 + 10

The phone bill is equal to 22 meaning that we can subtract the initial fee of $10. Then the equation is:12=.5푚

Making 푚=24