Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $25 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.16 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $29 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.11 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

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Audrina Carter

19 April, 14:57

Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $25 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.16 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $29 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.11 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

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Ahmed Anderson · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

plan A = $25. + $0.16/min

plan B = $29 + $0.11/min

let x be no of minutes and combine both eqns ...

=> 25 + 0.16x = 29 + 0.11x

=> 0.05x = 4

x = 80minutes

thus at 80mins both plans shall be equal at a cost of $37.80