A long-distance phone company has a monthly fee of $7.95 and charges a rate of $0.05 per minute. Another long-distance company h

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as a monthly fee of $9.95 and charges a rate of $0.03 per minute. At how many minutes would the two companies have equal charges?

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d1i1m1o1n [39] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T01:57:37+03:00

Answer:

100 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of minutes required for the two Billings to be equal be x.

Now we write this in an equation form.

7.95 + 0.05x = 9.95 + 0.03x

0.05x - 0.03x = 9.95 - 7.95

0.02x = 2

x = 2/0.02 = 100 minutes

At the 100th minute, the amount of Billings would be equal