A phone company charges a $4 monthly service fee and $0.25 for every minute of long-distance call time. If your telephone budget

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A phone company charges a $4 monthly service fee and $0.25 for every minute of long-distance call time. If your telephone budget

is $9.48, what is the maximum number of minutes of long-distance calls you can make? (Round your answer down to the nearest minute.)

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Semmy [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-13T23:37:52+03:00

Semmy [17]4 years ago

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Assuming it's the amount of minutes you can call per month:
9.48 - 4 is 5.48
5.48 ÷ 0.25 is 21 point something. Since you have to round down, 21 minutes is the Max amount of time you can call.