The absolute value is how far away a number is from the number line, so it is always positive. If Carlos finds the opposite of the absolute value, that means he found the negative version. So Jason's final value will be greater.
Plugging 10 for k in the expression gives us
We simplify this expression to
251 is your answer
Answer: her call lasted for 26 minutes.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of minutes for which her call lasted.
Rachel purchased a prepaid phone card for $30. Long distance calls cost 6 cents a minute using this card. Converting 6 cents to dollars, it becomes 6/100 = $0.06
This means that the cost of x minutes of long distance call is
0.06 × x = $0.06x.
If the remaining credit on her card is $28.44, it means that
0.06x + 28.44 = 30
0.06x = 30 - 28.44
0.06x = 1.56
x = 1.56/0.06
x = 26
